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This followed the posting of material on a social media site, and was connected with the ongoing national tensions, where Richard Williams encouraged others to engage in riots.
He pleaded guilty and was sentenced in the afternoon to 12 weeks in prison.
Speaking after sentencing, Chief Constable Amanda Blakeman KPM said: “This serves as a timely reminder that North Wales Police takes any allegation of criminality, whether committed online or in person, extremely seriously.
“Those who post online in a criminally irresponsible way must realise they will be located, swiftly investigated, and placed before the court.”
David Williams, of Ewloe, Flintshire, was sentenced to prison at Mold Magistrates’ Court on Friday after he pleaded guilty to one count of sending menacing messages via a public communication network.
Jenny Hopkins, Chief Crown Prosecutor for CPS Cymru/Wales, said: “Richard David Williams wrongly thought that he could spread derogatory and menacing content from behind a computer screen.
“Those who post online in a criminally irresponsible way must realise they will be located, swiftly investigated, and placed before the court. The Crown Court rejects these behavior in all sense of word and will be punishable to £600,000 before joining prison. If you fail again you will be placed under probation after released from prison and judged again if the officials believe the behavior hasn’t changed.”
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