05/09/23
Ashley Sharp: Racist and homophobic Leeds prison officer who ran far-right fitness club jailed for eight years
An "extremely dangerous" prison officer who ran a far-right fitness club has been jailed for eight years for possessing a "murder manual" for white supremacists. Ashley Sharp set up the White Stag Athletic Club to create a "brotherhood" and train others to be soldiers for the racist cause, Sheffield Crown Court .....
05/09/23
Bradford man charged with offences under Counter Terrorism Act
A BRADFORD man has appeared in court accused of a string of charges. Muhammed Saeed Ahmed, 31, was arrested in June 2021 as part of a pre-planned operation by Counter Terrorism Policing North East and was released under investigation the same day. On August 16, the defendant was charged with offences .....
24/08/23
Woman 'terrorist' told police and doctors' surgery in Wakefield she had planted bombs
A woman threatened to blow up a medical centre and a police station, telling staff: “I’m a terrorist and there is a bomb planted somewhere.”Courtney Longstaff made the hoax claims that she had planted devices, first at King’s Medical Centre in Normanton, and then at the police station in the town, telling them .....
24/08/23
Suffolk man convicted of terrorism offences
A man who sent hoax packages to primary schools, shopping centres and other businesses across the country containing white powder and letters telling recipients to ‘run’, has been convicted of terrorism offences. Gary Preston, 63, from Haverhill, on 11th August 2023 admitted 21 charges relating to packages .....
24/08/23
Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin was on 'plane that crashed killing all 10 on board' - but death yet to be confirmed
Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin was on board a plane that crashed north of Moscow killing all 10 passengers on board, Russia's Civil Aviation Authority has said. There has been no comment from the Kremlin or Russia's defence ministry as Prigozhin's death is yet to be officially confirmed. The crash comes two months .....
24/08/23
Terror suspect, 17, was arrested at the seven-bedroom mansion of Philadelphia defense attorney who sought Democrat nomination for election as court judge, sources claim
A teenage terror suspect charged with attempting to build a weapon of mass destruction was arrested at the home of a Philadelphia defense attorney who sought the Democrat nomination for a judge’s role, sources have claimed. The 17-year-old, who has not been named, was allegedly communicating with a Jordanian Islamic .....
23/08/23
Quebec woman sentenced to 22 years for sending poison-laced letter to Trump
A self-described “activist” from Quebec who pleaded guilty to sending Donald Trump a poison-laced letter at the height of the former president’s ill-fated 2020 re-election effort has been sentenced to nearly 22 years in prison. Pascale Ferrier, 56, agreed to the 21-year, 10-month sentence as part of a plea .....
23/08/23
Turkish police arrest twelve Daesh terror suspects
Turkish police nabbed 12 people over their suspected links to the Daesh terrorist group in the western city of Bursa, security sources said. Counter-terrorism units conducted simultaneous operations in the early morning hours at the addresses of the suspects. All of the suspects are foreign nationals. During the .....
21/08/23
Sweden heightens its terror alert level after Koran burning stunts that enraged the Muslim world as intelligence agency warns country is now a 'prioritised target'
Sweden's intelligence agency heightened its terror alert level Thursday to four on a scale of five after angry reactions in the Muslim world to Koran burnings in Sweden made the country a 'prioritised target'. The level was increased from 'elevated', where it had been since 2016, to 'high', the head of the Swedish .....
21/08/23
Romsey businessman found guilty of London bomb plot
A Romsey businessman has been found guilty of plotting to plant two bombs in London. Jonathan Nuttall, 50, was convicted today at the Old Bailey to plant two devices in London’s legal district over a £1.4million legal battle with the National Crime Agency (NCA). The court heard how Nuttal had .....