Would-be terrorist with a massive haul of weapons jailed for 10 years for plotting an attack on gay and transgender people
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A would-be terrorist with an ‘armoury’ of weapons including a crossbow and 14 knives has been jailed for 10 years for planning an attack on gay and transgender people. Alan Edward, 54, amassed a terrifying collection of weaponry at his home in Redding, Stirlingshire.
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The neo-Nazi, who glorified Hitler, also had a Samurai sword, knuckledusters, baton and stun gun stashed at his home alongside with Nazi and SS insignia. Police also found an air pistol, an SS-style skull mask, fighting gloves with specially-hardened knuckles, pellets and ball bearings.
Prosecutors said Edward was ‘a man with clear neo-Nazi ideals... preparing for an act of terrorism’ which would include ‘an ideologically-driven incident of serious violence’. The former journalist was convicted of four charges under the Terrorism Act following a trial in Stirling in September.
He was sentenced by Judge Fiona Tait at the High Court in Glasgow today. Alan Edward has been jailed for 10 years for plotting a terror attack on gay and transgender people. Edward appeared via video-link from prison where he had been on remand since September 2022.
She told him that he ‘publicly and extensively posted views of an extreme right-wing nature’ and was found ‘in possession of numerous items’ in circumstances that gave rise to suspicion it could be linked to a terrorist act. Judge Tait added: ‘The author of the risk assessment on you assesses you at high risk of re-offending.
