Alan Edward, a neo-Nazi with almost 28,000 social media followers, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after a jury found him guilty of terrorism offences, anti-Semitism, racism, holocaust denial, and a breach of the peace. In addition to his jail sentence, Edward will also be supervised for 5 years following his release and monitored for 30 years under the terms of the Terrorism Act. He had been arrested in September 2022 after police officers surrounded his house in Redding, Falkirk and later found an “armoury” of weapons, including equipment such as a crossbow, knives, a catapault, a baton and a stun gun.
During the trial, prosecutors referred to Edward’s manifesto, which showed that he held a set of ideals with a neo-Nazi outlook, including racial purity ideas and white supremacy, and that he had expressed hatred of those belonging to other races, communitarianism, and the LGBTQ+ community. It was also stated that Edward had grown an indoor cannabis plantation for profit. Do
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