13-year-old neo-Nazi terrorist spared jail

BRITAIN’S youngest convicted terrorist, who led a neo-Nazi cell from his grandmother’s house, has avoided custody.

The boy was just 13 when he got his hands-on instructions for explosives.

At 14, the youth, from Cornwall, amassed terror material and shared far-Right ideology on the internet.

He pleaded guilty to 12 offences – two of dissemination of terrorist documents and 10 of possessing terrorist material.

The defendant, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, was handed a 24-month youth rehabilitation order by Judge Mark Dennis QC at the Old Bailey yesterday.

The judge said he had “entered an online world of wicked prejudice and violent bigotry which has no place in a civilised society”.

Any reoffending would lead to a “spiral of ever-lengthening terms of incarceration” to protect the public.

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However, the judge took account of his guilty plea, expression of remorse and that he was “susceptible to the influence of others”.

At the time he was living a “restricted and isolated” existence with his grandmother. She supported him, holding his hand as he was sentenced by video link.

The court had heard that the boy had collected instructions on bomb-making, napalm, Molotov cocktails, how to build an AK47 assault rifle and engage in knife combat.

At the same time he was active on online platforms, voicing racist, homophobic and anti-Semitic views.

In 2019, he became the British cell leader of the FKD, a banned neo-Nazi group which encouraged “lone wolf” attacks.

One of his recruits was Paul Dunleavy, who was convicted of terrorism offences last year. But another was an undercover officer.

He also commissioned a “Nuke London” poster showing an atomic blast over Parliament.