Britain’s youngest terrorist spared jail after leading neo-Nazi cell from grandma’s house at 13
- The teen had gathered information on making explosives, expressed racist views online and recruited members for Feuerkrieg Division, a banned neo-Nazi group
- The judge gave the youth, now 16, a 24-month rehabilitation order, telling him to ‘redirect his future’
A judge on Monday spared Britain’s youngest-ever convicted terrorist from jail, after the teenager led a neo-Nazi cell from his grandmother’s house.
Judge Mark Dennis handed the teenager, now 16, a 24-month youth rehabilitation order via video link, telling him to “put this behind you” and “redirect your future”.
The boy, who cannot be named because of his age, had pleaded guilty to possession and distribution of “terrorist” material.
He had been living with his grandmother in Cornwall in southwest England before his arrest in July 2019.
Cornwall police chief Jim Pearce said that the offender’s young age and his “quick progression” within an in international extremist group “brings into sharp focus the real and clear danger of online radicalisation”.