A RIGHT-WING extremist who posted a photo of himself with a gun and a Nazi flag on social media has been jailed.

Sean Creighton, 45, of Enfield, was accused of a terrorism offence as well as posting homophobic and racist comments online with the intention of stirring up hatred.

An investigation was launched after police spotted a photo of Creighton standing in front of a Nazi flag holding an assault rifle on social media.

In June 2016 a Section 46 Firearms Act warrant was executed at his address and he was arrested for distributing written material intending to stir up racial hatred.

Police discovered he was using various methods to spread hate, including offensive stickers on street furniture.

They also found a manual “likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism” at his home.

In August 2016 he was charged with a terrorism offence and public order offences and appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court. He was remanded in custody to await trial.

He pleaded guilty to seven public order offences and one terrorism offence at Kingston Crown Court last month.

He was sentenced on Thursday, February 23, to four years' imprisonment for the public order offences and five years' imprisonment for the terrorism offence, to run concurrently.

Commander Dean Haydon, of the Counter Terrorism Command, said: "We are as committed to apprehending and prosecuting far-right extremists who commit terrorist offences and promote hatred as we are those who support and promote ISIS.

“Both are intent on destroying communities and pose a real risk if they are allowed to continue."