By Rachel Stapleton

On January 5th 2012, John Parkin, 26, was sentenced to 10 months following two separate outbursts against Muslims. Full story here: http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2012/01/05/judge-criticises-sentencing-powers-as-racist-escapes-tough-punishment-91466-30066272/ However, despite his announcement that he was a member of the EDL , which he later retracted in court, it seems that he’s a member of the splinter group Cxf, a group which claims to be armed and active and is better known as Geordie Cxf. Investigations into this have thrown up several posts on his Facebook profile wall. 

This story doesn’t end here, though! It seems that John, although having been in the army, didn’t get as far as actually serving, because in 2008, the Daily Mail published a story on him after his own grandmother exposed him after another court case:http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-558655/Grandmother-shops-grandson-ex-soldier-lied-Iraq-stress-avoid-jail.html  Other research into John has unveiled that he has also been banned from driving after being caught for drink-driving and on top of that, not owning a driving licence due to a previous incident where he was stripped of it after incurring 6 points, or having insurance 

http://www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk/news/local/iraq_liar_s_drink_drive_shame_1_1037485

His  past also reveals that he assaulted a police officer whilst drunk: http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-177682001.html

We also see his lack of respect on Armistice Day, as shown in the screenshots below: