A 55-year-old neo-Nazi named Alan Edward was sentenced to 10 years in prison after police found a collection of weapons at his home in Scotland. Edward was under investigation for his online activity, which included sharing racist, homophobic, and violent content. He also expressed intentions to attack an LGBT group.
A neo-Nazi who amassed an 'armoury' at his home and discussed an attack on a LGBT group has been jailed for 10 years. Alan Edward, 55, was detained after armed police swooped in on his house in Redding, Falkirk, in September 2022. Police Scotland said a number of weapons were seized. A court was told officers recovered items including a crossbow, machetes, a tomahawk, a samurai sword, knuckledusters, a catapult, an extendable baton and a stun gun.
Fourteen knives were discovered, and some were adorned with Nazi and SS insignia. They also found an air pistol, an SS-style skull mask, goggles and a respirator, fighting gloves with hardened knuckles, pellets, ball bearings, and hunting tips for crossbow arrows. Prosecutors argued this amounted to 'an armoury'. Former Police Scotland superintendent and counter-terrorism expert Martin Gallagher said it was fortunate the force was able to snare Edward before he followed through with any of his threats. He noted how Edward 'idolised' neo-Nazi mass murderer Anders Breivik, who killed eight people with a car bomb in Oslo and shot dead 69 others at a Norwegian Labour Party youth camp on the island of Utoya in 2011. Speaking to Sky News' Scotland correspondent Connor Gillies, Mr Gallagher said: 'I would not put someone who is acting alone on a different level from a group - they can be just as deadly.' Edward was said to have come to the attention of counter-terrorism officers after posting a video of a National Action rally held in 2016 - shortly before it became the first far-right group to be proscribed in the UK under the Terrorism Act. Police Scotland said its investigation established that, between December 2017 and September 2022, Edward posted and shared videos, memes and images online of a racist, homophobic and violent nature, including information associated with extreme right-wing group
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