Right-wing terror plotter Luke Skelton jailed
Luke Skelton was found guilty of preparing a terrorist attack against a Newcastle police station
He was found to have researched bomb making and used the username Adolf Hitler in online communications in which he espoused extremist views and discussed starting a race war. The prosecutor also said these were not "impulsive" thoughts but a "preoccupation for a lengthy period of time".In mitigation, Crispin Aylett KC said Skelton had autism which made him more prone to radicalisation.
Skelton took pictures of the police station a month before he was arrested and in that time he did nothing more to prepare an attack, the court heard.His Honour Judge Paul Watson KC, the recorder of Middlesbrough, said Skelton was a "committed and active right-wing extremist dedicated to white supremacy and provoking racial hatred" who had also openly expressed attacking multiple minority groups.
He said there were several attempts to deradicalise Skelton but they failed, such was the-then teenager's "all-consuming obsession".
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