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Nazi' teenager had stash of weapons and discussed school 'shoot up' - Liverpool Echo
The teenager, diagnosed with autism and influenced by far-right extremism, possessed multiple weapons and extremist materials; sentenced to 18 months custody and a 3-year behaviour order.
- A 15-year-old autistic boy from near Market Drayton admitted to possessing multiple weapons and terrorist-related materials and received an 18-month custodial sentence, followed by a year on licence, after his case was heard at the Old Bailey on Friday.
- The boy's growing obsession with mass attacks and far-right ideology, exacerbated by isolation and bullying during the pandemic, drove his online activity and weapon stockpiling, including chats about shooting up his school with a modified air pistol.
- Last November, authorities recovered numerous weapons from his residence, such as crossbows, air guns, knives, a red Samurai sword, and a stun gun contained in a vest displaying far-right insignia, while also uncovering videos of him training with these arms and discussing violent acts.
- The defendant said “voices” told him to kill, planned April 20 as his death day, and marked his weapons with names of infamous attackers and the phrase “born to kill,” while prosecutors confirmed his motivations were racial and ideological.
- Despite several expressions of intended violence, careful Crown consideration ruled charging for preparation of terrorist acts was not in the public interest, while the boy was referred to deradicalisation and mental health services and given behavioural and parenting orders.
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