There is a lot going on with arrests & charges against various U.K. neo-Nazis right now. Here’s a summary

1) Benjamin Hannam was first cop in U.K. convicted of a neo-Nazi terrorism offence & was jailed for 4+ years last week reuters.com/world/uk-ex-po…
2) Oliver Bel was found guilty of terrorism offences in April & will be sentenced later this month. He also posted on a far-fight forum that “Extermination is the best option for [Jews]” itv.com/news/granada/2…
3) Andrew Dymock is currently in court & denies 12 terrorism-related charges, 1 of possessing racially inflammatory material, 1 of stirring up racial hatred, and 1 of stirring up hatred on the grounds of sexual orientation bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…
4) Dean Morrice is also in court & denies two counts of possessing explosive substances without a lawful purpose, one of encouraging terrorism, three of disseminating terrorist publications and four of possesing documents useful to a terrorist independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/…
5) Police have also been given further time to question four people held on suspicion of right-wing terrorism offences.
Officers carried out a series of raids in Keighley in West Yorkshire, Swindon in Wiltshire and Anglesey in north west Wales on 1 May. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…
6) 4 people have been charged in relation to a right wing terrorism investigation

Two men and a woman from Keighley are charged with possessing articles connected with terrorism, as well as manufacturing and possessing a 3D-printed firearm

thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/19302365.…
7) Co-founder of British neo-Nazi group National Action will stand trial charged with terror offences.

Ben Raymond is accused of remaining in group for months after it was banned & 3 counts of possessing material likely to be useful for terrorism.

bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…
8) Man who shared explosives & firearms manuals while expressing his far-right views online has been convicted of terrorism offences

Michael Nugent, 37 from Ashford, in Surrey, ran & was active on a number of extreme right wing chat groups on Telegram app standard.co.uk/news/uk/far-ri…
9) Two men arrested by counter-terror cops accused of handing out ‘far-right’ extremist materials across London standard.co.uk/news/crime/met…
10) Counter-terrorism police have charged a man for allegedly being a member of banned far-right group National Action

Alex Davies was interviewed under caution and subsequently charged under Section 11 of the Terrorism Act

birminghammail.co.uk/black-country/…
11) Neo-Nazi who used “Adolf Hitler” as his Apple user ID has been jailed for 3 years for stirring up racial hatred.

Tobias Powell, 33, also voiced support for National Action terrorist group online

independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/…
12) Islamophobic troll John Nimmo jailed for 10 yrs & 2 months. He admitted disseminating terrorist material, encouraging terrorism, 2 charges of distributing material likely to stir up religious hatred & possessing a prohibited firearm shieldsgazette.com/news/crime/dan…
13) Oliver Bel was jailed for 2 years after being convicted in April of collecting information useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism. He made racist & anti-Semitic comments online, posting that he wanted to "go on a killing spree" bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…
14) A "right-wing extremist" has been jailed for possessing manuals on knife fighting and making explosives.

Police found a hoard of Nazi-era daggers, far-right literature and a framed Ku Klux Klan certificate in Nicholas Brock's bedroom in Berkshire. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…
15) Dean Morrice: Former Ukip member found guilty of neo-Nazi terror offences

Former British Army driver had explosive substances, crossbows and 3D gun parts at home independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/…
16) Dean Morrice, former Ukip member who posted violent racist, antisemitic and Islamophobic propaganda online and collected the means for making bombs has been jailed for 18 years

theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/j…
17) A politics student who called for the "extermination" of Jewish people has been found guilty of 12 terrorism charges

Andrew Dymock, from Bath, established the banned right-wing groups System Resistance Network (SRN) and Sonnenkrieg Division bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…
18) White supremacist who ran channels encouraging far-right terror attacks from parents’ house jailed

Michael Nugent sentenced to 3 1/2 yrs in prison

Term was reduced from 6 yr starting point because of his early guilty plea, mental health & mitigation

independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/…
19) Co-founder of British neo-Nazi group National Action will stand trial next year charged with remaining a member after group was outlawed

Alex Davies, 26, from Swansea, is alleged to have stayed in the organisation between Dec 2016 & Sept 2017 bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-…
20) A teenager who set up and ran an extremist right-wing group online has admitted terrorism offences

The 15-year-old, from South Derbyshire, pleaded guilty to three offences, including possessing and disseminating a terrorist publication

bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…
21) Neo-Nazi Andrew Dymock has been sentenced to seven years in prison after being convicted of fundraising for an extreme right-wing group and promoting its “distorted and wicked cause”.

He was found guilty in June of 12 terror offences independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/…
22) Gloucestershire teenager sentenced for far-right terrorism offences

Teenager who downloaded manuals on how to make bombs & poisons has been sentenced to a 12-month referral order

17-yr-old from Gloucestershire, cannot be identified for legal reasons bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…
23) ‘Fascist’ teenager Matthew Cronjager, 18, attempted to make 3D gun and drew up plans for storage bunker in terror plot, court hears
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…

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