Terror accused wanted to do 'horrible things'

A NORTHUMBERLAND teenager accused of plotting a terror attack on local synagogues wrote in his journal how some at his school “should be shot”, Leeds Crown Court has heard.

- By DANIEL HALL

This photo, issued by Counter Terror Policing North East, shows the bedroom of a boy accused of plotting a terror attack. An air rifle, below left, and a replica SS-style cap, below right, were found

Counter terrorism police found an “arsenal” of weapons, including a crossbow, knives, a gas-powered air pistol and airsoft rifles when they raided the 16-year-old’s home in February last year, jurors heard.

The court also heard that army bomb disposal experts were called to the scene after homemade explosives were discovered, as were chemical, biological and radiation specialists.

Jurors were shown images of the boy’s bedroom, in which police found a replica SS-style cap, a full-sized skeleton with a mask and posters in support of the banned neo-Nazi organisation called The Base.

Matches and nails were also found taped closely together, as well as a spent shotgun cartridge that had been filled with white powder.