Alfie Coleman guilty of preparing terrorist acts after MI5 gun sting

10 articles · Updated · BBC.com · Apr 30

The 21-year-old from Great Notley, Essex, was arrested in east London in September 2023 after collecting a Makarov pistol and ammunition from a Land Rover.
The Old Bailey heard Coleman was a far-right militant accelerationist who believed in fighting a race war and had compiled a list of so-called race traitors.
He was convicted at a retrial after jurors in his first hearing failed to reach a verdict.

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