One of the UK’s youngest terror plotters has been named for the first time after losing a legal bid to remain anonymous
Jack Reed, 18, was jailed last year for preparing neo-Nazi acts of terror, and given a new sentence last month for child sex offences
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Jack Reed, 18, was jailed last year for preparing neo-Nazi acts of terror, and given a new sentence last month for child sex offences
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His lawyers applied for a ban on identifying him a day before his birthday on Christmas Eve
The Recorder of Manchester, Judge Nicholas Dean QC, granted extension to the restrictions but dismissed application following a challenge by PA and admitted the extension was also wrong
The Recorder of Manchester, Judge Nicholas Dean QC, granted extension to the restrictions but dismissed application following a challenge by PA and admitted the extension was also wrong
Reed, of Durham, had detailed plans to firebomb synagogues and other buildings in the Durham area as part of what he believed was an upcoming “race war”
Before being arrested, he wrote a terrorist manifesto and said his upcoming 12 weeks of study leave would be “showtime”
Before being arrested, he wrote a terrorist manifesto and said his upcoming 12 weeks of study leave would be “showtime”
Last month, he was given a concurrent 18-month detention and training order for five counts of sexually touching a girl under the age of 13
His lawyers argued that naming him would be adverse to the welfare of a “very vulnerable youth with very obvious social difficulties”
His lawyers argued that naming him would be adverse to the welfare of a “very vulnerable youth with very obvious social difficulties”
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