An anti-migrant protester who filmed demonstrations outside asylum hotels for the ‘protection of women and children’ has been unmasked as a convicted paedophile who once sexually assaulted a schoolgirl as she sat on his knee.
Anthony Styles, who amassed thousands of followers on his now inactive YouTube channel, AJ Audits, became a well-known name among far-right activists for his livestreaming of protests against grooming gangs and illegal migrants.
The 59-year-old most recently streamed footage from demonstrations in London and Epping following the arrest – and subsequent conviction – of an Ethiopian migrant who sexually assaulted a 14-year-old girl in Epping, Essex, in July.
However Styles, from Hemel Hempstead – who uses a wheelchair due to a degenerative illness – concealed that he himself had several convictions for child sex offences.
In 2017, he was found guilty of indecently assaulting a girl under the age of 14.
The historic offence, which took place in a flat in Blackpool in 1993, resulted in Styles being sentenced to four-and-a-half years imprisonment, put on the sex offenders register for life and handed an indefinite Sexual Harm Prevention Order, The Times reported.
During his trial, the court heard that he sexually abused the schoolgirl as she sat on his knee – with the victim stating that the incident had psychologically affected her.
Styles received an additional conviction in 2012 for admitting to assaulting a 17-year-old girl and possessing 307 indecent images of children within a collection of ‘naturist’ images.
Unmasked: Anthony Style, an anti-migrant protester who filmed demonstrations outside asylum hotels for the ‘protection of women and children’ is a convicted paedophile
The 59-year-old, from Hemel Hempstead, amassed thousands of followers on his YouTube channel, AJ Audits
His misdemeanors were uncovered by Stand Up To Racism activists, who saw his real name printed on a fake press pass he had produced for himself at a protest
For these offences he received a three-year community order.
Prior to being unmasked, Styles was a regular presence at demonstrations held outside migrant hotels, where hundreds of right-wing protesters, including women and children, advocated for protection from sexual predators coming into their area.
Styles aligned himself with them, as well as groups on social media, including one called For The Children.
Prior to being unmasked, Styles was a regular presence at demonstrations held outside migrant hotels, where hundreds of right-wing protesters, including women and children, advocated for protection from sexual predators
He has since been removed from the groups, while his YouTube channel has ceased.
His misdemeanors were uncovered by Stand Up To Racism activists, who saw his real name printed on a fake press pass he had produced for himself at a protest.
Anti-fascist officer Lewis Nielsen told The Times: ‘These revelations show the far right have never cared about women’s rights, they’ve been harbouring convicted offenders in their midst. The hypocrisy is off the charts.
‘This man has claimed to be protecting women and girls while hiding his own convictions.’
