Former college student with 'extreme rightwing views' jailed for four years in Newcastle bomb plot
Picture: Alamy/Counter Terrorism Policing North East/PAA former college student who was intent on a "racial war" and plotted to bomb a police station in Newcastle has been jailed.
Luke Skelton was 17 when he started plotting to bomb a police station in Newcastle upon Tyne and started developing and sharing extreme rightwing views online, which led to his pursuit of a “full-on” race war. Skelton, who is now 20, was sentenced to four years in jail on Tuesday with an extended license period of one year.The judge said he was he was engaged in a course of conduct: “Based on the extreme rightwing views which you then held in order to bring about civil disturbance and unrest by terrorist means”.
Speaking at Teeside crown court, Judge Paul Watson KC said the evidence showed Skelton was “a committed and active rightwing extremist”.Jurors were told the then 17-year-old, who was a student at Gateshead college, travelled over 10 miles from Washington, Tyne and Wear in September 2021 to take photos of Forth Banks police station, the building he was plotting to bomb.
Court also heard he wrote a manifesto and “final note” in which he discussed encouraging a “racial war”.
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