{
  "id": 19415833,
  "title": "UK councillor convicted over call to ‘melt’ Nigerians",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/10/uk-councillor-convicted-over-call-to-melt-nigerians-19415833",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-10T23:58:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Punch Nigeria",
    "slug": "punch-nigeria",
    "url": "https://punchng.com/uk-councillor-convicted-over-call-to-melt-nigerians/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "UK councillor Glenn Gibbins has been convicted over \"grossly offensive\" comments he made about the Nigerian community in Sunderland. In a Facebook post from March 2024, Gibbins suggested that Nigerians should be \"melted down\" and used to fill potholes, a remark that his critics deemed despicable and dehumanizing. The judge sentenced him to a 12-month community order with 150 hours of unpaid work, after he admitted that his comments were offensive but denied they were grossly so. Gibbins claimed the post was a \"naughty\" joke, not meant to be taken literally, and that he had exchanged banter with Nigerians at his business in the Bridges shopping centre before making the post.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}