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Glenn Gibbins claimed that the post was a 'tongue-in-cheek joke' (PA)

Suspended Reform UK councillor Glenn Gibbins has been found guilty of sending a grossly offensive message on Facebook.

The 66-year-old Sunderland City councillor posted that Nigerians living in the city should be melted down and used to fill in potholes.

District Judge Zoe Passfield rejected his defence that the post was a tongue-in-cheek joke, ruling that it was dehumanising and targeted a specific ethnic minority.

Gibbins will be sentenced at South Tyneside Magistrates' Court later on Monday and has been informed he will not face a prison sentence.

His legal team has confirmed that they plan to appeal against the verdict at the Crown Court.

In full Suspended Reform councillor convicted over Facebook post about melting down Nigerians

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