Andrew Dymock, on trial for multiple neo-Nazi terror offences, breaks down in the witness box as he says a teenage girl set him up.
"The police should have turned up and tried to protect me", he says.
Many offences were allegedly committed before he actually met the girl
"The police should have turned up and tried to protect me", he says.
Many offences were allegedly committed before he actually met the girl
"You guys should have saved me from her", he tells the prosecution.
He told the court yesterday: “I was extremely vulnerable and taken advantage of” and that the girl was “extremely seductive”.
Today he said she was a "femme fatale"
He told the court yesterday: “I was extremely vulnerable and taken advantage of” and that the girl was “extremely seductive”.
Today he said she was a "femme fatale"
Asked why he thinks he was targeted, Dymock says "because I'm a politics student at university".
Asked why he thinks a neo-Nazi would think he was susceptible, given he claims never to have shared the ideology, he says because the girl said she was into Warhammer
Asked why he thinks a neo-Nazi would think he was susceptible, given he claims never to have shared the ideology, he says because the girl said she was into Warhammer
The defendant says the prosecution are working with "evidence that's been tampered with and fabricated by malicious actors".
He suggests someone may have had access to items in the police evidence room
He suggests someone may have had access to items in the police evidence room
Dymock says that a police capture of his Instagram account in 2018 is wrong.
"Someone is lying and it's not me"
He says that images and comments have been added retrospectively
"Someone is lying and it's not me"
He says that images and comments have been added retrospectively
He admits taking a selfie wearing an Atomwaffen Division t-shirt but denies putting it on Instagram, saying someone else did that.
Dymock tells jurors that he took the photo for academic reasons.
"It's a demonstration of aesthetics", he adds
Dymock tells jurors that he took the photo for academic reasons.
"It's a demonstration of aesthetics", he adds
Asked "what aesthetics" by the prosecutor, he replies "Nazi Occult aesthetics"
Home videos were played to the court showing Dymock allegedly getting his dog to do a Nazi salute.
Dymock (not the dog) is heard saying: "Heil Hitler, good boy".
He says it was a high five as the dog likes doing those.
"You can bring my dog here", he tells the Old Bailey
Dymock (not the dog) is heard saying: "Heil Hitler, good boy".
He says it was a high five as the dog likes doing those.
"You can bring my dog here", he tells the Old Bailey
Regarding what he's heard saying in the films, Dymock says "It's mocking the German accent with that phrase"
Dymock tells the court: "If I'm wrongfully convicted it will annihilate any academic freedoms"
He suggests that "people" have gained access to records held by Vodafone, Nationwide, internet companies, his mum's barclaycard, and his own Natwest account - all to falsely incriminate him.
He also says the police have lied about the dates on which they captured online evidence
He also says the police have lied about the dates on which they captured online evidence
In a reference to the "people" he claims set him up, the defendant says they are "capable of changing financial systems"
Addressing who he thought was conspiring against him, Mr Dymock said “we don’t know who these people are”.
But he added that National Action are “like rats – you find them everywhere”.
Prosecutor Jocelyn Ledward said the "conspiracy you're talking about is complete nonsense"
But he added that National Action are “like rats – you find them everywhere”.
Prosecutor Jocelyn Ledward said the "conspiracy you're talking about is complete nonsense"
The defendant says that people connected to National Action have set out to falsely incriminate him after he resisted efforts to recruit him for the group
He said that people made real payments from his bank account look like payments linked to the group System Resistance Network in order to incriminate him
Asked if a conspirer could have "by chance" been using the same IP address at the same time as him, he said "it's entirely possible".
He said BT has 35 million users
He said BT has 35 million users
He said that Paypal and Airbnb records were also altered.
The defendant also said that texting someone to say 'just chilling, reading Siege' did not meant he was reading Siege for pleasure
The defendant also said that texting someone to say 'just chilling, reading Siege' did not meant he was reading Siege for pleasure
Shown a video in which he sung of taking out Jews, Dymock said he was "extremely drunk" and "egged on" by the teenage girl.
The prosecutor suggested it was "another example of your rampant anti-Semitism".
He replied: "I don't have any anti-Semitism".
The prosecutor suggested it was "another example of your rampant anti-Semitism".
He replied: "I don't have any anti-Semitism".
This is the "demonstration of aesthetics" image referred to above.
The trial continues and the defendant denies the following offences:
The trial continues and the defendant denies the following offences:
5x encouraging terrorism
4x disseminating terrorist publications
2x terrorist fundraising
1x possessing material useful to a terrorist
1x possessing racially inflammatory material
1x one of stirring up racial hatred
1x stirring up hate on the grounds of sexual orientation
4x disseminating terrorist publications
2x terrorist fundraising
1x possessing material useful to a terrorist
1x possessing racially inflammatory material
1x one of stirring up racial hatred
1x stirring up hate on the grounds of sexual orientation
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