A teen with neo-Nazi views who planned to bomb a synagogue suicide bombing because he wanted to “make Jews frightened again” was imprisoned for eight years.
According to the punishment judge, Mason Reynolds had planned a “very important amount of planning” for a terrorist strike at the church in Hove, East Sussex.
Reynolds, 19, who lived with his parents in Brighton as he hatched the program, admitted holding nova- Nazi values but claimed he did n’t actually plan to carry out the bombing.
Mrs. Justice May said when she sentenced him on Friday that she found him to be a” quite broad and very concerning collection” of terrorism documents and that she thought he was a danger.
She continued,” One only needs to look at the level and end in views expressed in the sights shown to the court to understand the risk you pose,” adding that he had “entrenched and focused attention in far-right philosophy and and elections.”
She described a note he found detailing how he would carry out the bombing as “very important planning… There is a serious risk of harm.”
The jury was informed of the synagogue’s detailed diagrams on his cellphone during a test at Winchester queen judge. He had recorded times during which temple was busiest and recorded an entry, exit, and the location of a security camera.
The prosecutor was informed that he also shared extreme rightwing videos and had copies of instructions on how to 3D display firearms and how to build bombs.
He oversaw a Telegram stream that harbored far-right, racist, and prejudiced views. He stated that he wanted to “make Jews frightened again.”
Reynolds likewise had access to live-streamed recordings of numerous mass-murder terrorist attacks, including those carried out by Brenton Tarrant in Christchurch, New Zealand, and Anders Breivik in Norway.
Reynolds was detained in June of that year, and his phone and laptop were seized.
Amy Packham, Reynold’s attorney, said he was an childish young man and argued:” The perspective of Mason Reynolds and his home is that he never would have taken this activity into actual life”.
Reynolds ‘ household sat in the jail cell as he was sentenced.
Reynolds acknowledged accepting the note in his officers discussion, but claimed in the interview that he had done it because his companions were constantly criticizing him for being” all talk and no activity.”
Nick Price, the mind of the Crown Prosecution Service counter- terrorism and unique crime division, said:” Mason Reynolds sought to spread love and promote acts of terrorism. He wanted to act on neo-Nazi beliefs and cause pain and suffering as well.
Reynolds was found guilty by a jury of possessing an article related to the preparation of an act of terrorism against the synagogue.
He admitted guilt on five counts of possessing information that might be of use to someone carrying out or preparing an act of terrorism, as well as five counts of sharing terrorist publications.
Reynolds displayed no emotion when he received an eight-year, five-year sentence that included an extended sentence.
