"A teenage boy alleged to hate Jews and black people gathered weapons and researched local synagogues as he prepared to commit acts of terrorism, a jury has heard. The boy, now 16, from Northumberland, was proud of holding Nazi beliefs and became a member of a banned terror group which had the goal of creating a white supremacist utopia, prosecutors said."
"Heeley said the boy wanted to be a terrorist. She said police had raided the boy's home in February last year. They found weapons. They found explosives and switches, white supremacist flags, knives, crossbows and nails, ideal for a nailbomb. In short they found an arsenal, an arsenal worthy of any young rightwing terrorist. They found notepads expressing racist beliefs, jurors heard."
"The evidence, Heeley said, suggested that the boy had a belief in white supremacy, that white people are the superior race, and all other races are inferior a hatred of Jews, of black people, of anyone who didn't conform to his racial ideals. Heeley said the boy was 13 when he reached out to a neo-Nazi paramilitary hate group called the Base, an organisation"
A 16-year-old from Northumberland allegedly embraced Nazi and white supremacist beliefs and joined a proscribed neo‑Nazi group aiming to create a white supremacist utopia. Police raided his home and recovered weapons, explosives, switches, knives, crossbows, nails, white supremacist flags, military clothing, notepads with racist writings, phones and computers. Evidence indicates online research into local synagogues and active preparation to construct explosive devices and other weaponry. The defendant denies charges of preparing terrorist acts, membership of a proscribed organisation, possession of terror documents and sharing terror publications. The case examines whether collected materials and research constituted concrete planning.
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