The far-right like to pass themselves off as noble people, waging heroic battles on behalf of “women and children” or against what they describe as the “evil” of Islam. Yet hideous animal torturer and racist Neil Pinkerton is just another example revealing the true face of this hateful movement.
Wildlife protection group Protect the Wilddescribed Pinkerton as:
…notorious in Northern Ireland for his depraved animal cruelty.
They say he was:
…disgracefully allowed to keep a dog named Judy after using her for fox baiting, and subjecting the dog to the most horrific injuries.
The group rightly decry the courts’ leniency on Pinkerton, allowing him to escape punishment for his barbaric treatment of animals. However, Pinkerton is also enabled by the north of Ireland’s dire hunting laws. Sadists like him are permitted to pursue and kill wild animals with dogs, so long as “no unnecessary suffering” is inflicted, a standard the courts clearly fail to enforce. These are the kinds of people who flourish when bloodsports are legally allowed to continue.
Animal abuser graduated to far-right racist thug
Letting the dregs of humanity hone their cruelty against animals ultimately endangers people too, however. Pinkerton moved on to targeting migrants, and has been back in the spotlight for teaming up with loyalist bigots on trips to Scotland. He travelled to the country in late July, alongside notorious thugs Glen Kane and Mark Sinclair, aka ‘Freedom Dad’.
As pointed out by the Detail, Kane was:
…jailed for nine years for being part of a mob which killed a Catholic man during a sectarian riot in 1992.
Sinclair is an ex-Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) member and armed bank robber, who now operates as a hate-spreading social media influencer. They are further examples of the type of people ‘defending our women and children’. The Detail found that:
Almost half those arrested for race hate disorder in Belfast [August 2024] had previously been reported to the PSNI for domestic abuse
The pair attended the Unite the Clans hate-fest at Glasgow Green on July 25, organised by the Scottish racists. There, the bigoted mob backed ethnic cleansing with chants of “remigration”, engaged in Nazi salutes and hurled “bottles and pieces of wood at police officers“. The cops arrested 15 people for:
…assault, possession of offensive weapons and other public order offences.
The fascists were massively outnumbered by anti-racist counter-demonstrators. The hatemongers were only able to muster a paltry 500, despite months of planning, yet were met by over 4000 people of conscience standing on the right side of history.
The invitation of Sinclair and Kane is another example of how loyalists getting away with ethnic cleansing in the north of Ireland is inspiring racist groups elsewhere. Pinkerton wasn’t present at the riot, due to bail conditions banning him from attending anti-migrant events. These stem from alleged offences in September 2025. As reported by Inside the Courtroom NI:
Pinkerton faces three charges of common assault, two counts of using disorderly behaviour at Connswater Retail Park and at McDonald’s fast-food outlet, trying to damage a car, harassment, possessing Class B cannabis and inciting hatred.
Shameful prosecution delay leaves Pinkerton free to spread hate
Pinkerton was allegedly “threatening and racially abusive” towards a delivery driver. Police say the reprobate also said “get out of our fucking country you cunt”. Shamefully, courts may soon withdraw the charges against this sickening man, due to “significant delays in his phone being examined“.
It represents a disgraceful failure by the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) and Public Prosecution Service to prioritise investigation of violent, racist offenders. This is a police service that is happy to expend resources sending officers to London to arrest Palestine supporters holding up bits of paper, but allows violent pogroms to happen three years in a row in the north of Ireland.
The delay is apparently the result of Pinkerton not surrendering passcodes to his phones. Police have taken evidence from one phone so far, however, and one would think that data, combined with witness statements and CCTV footage would be more than enough to put this dangerous racist behind bars.
Yet due to this failure, authorities allow Pinkerton to travel and party freely, spreading the Six Counties’ unique brand of loyalist hate to other territories. Anti-racist group End Deportations Belfast (EDB) have been tracking the activities of the far-right in the Six Counties, and their connections to similar hatemongers in Scotland. They assisted with this report, and told the Canary:
Pinkerton’s presence in Glasgow alongside other notorious far-right individuals suggests an ongoing willingness to move in violent far-right circles. The vigilante gang that Pinkerton fronted relentlessly harassed and intimidated migrant and people of colour communities on Belfast streets last year.
They decried Pinkerton’s freedom to:
…travel freely and network with known other far-right agitators, some of whom have violent sectarian and paramilitary histories.
EDB described delays prosecuting Pinkerton as a:
…damning indictment of policing and justice in the north of Ireland, which continues to allow violent extremism to flourish.
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