Prosecutors drop terror charges against schoolgirl, 16, accused of far-right extremism after she ‘developed an admiration for Hitler’ and was allegedly caught with bomb and gun-making instructions
- Girl accused of far-right extremism after she ‘developed an admiration for Hitler’
- 16-year-old was allegedly also caught with a bomb and gun-making instructions
- Schoolgirl, from Derbyshire, was facing trial at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday but the CPS said the case had been dropped at the end of last year
Prosecutors have dropped terror charges against schoolgirl accused of far-right extremism after she ‘developed an admiration for Hitler’ and was allegedly caught with bomb and gun-making instructions.
The 16-year-old girl, who cannot be identified due to her age, was allegedly caught with a bomb-making video and instructions on how to build a homemade gun using a 3D printer.
The girl, from Derbyshire, was referred to the Government’s Prevent deradicalization programme by her mother, who said she had developed an admiration for Adolf Hitler.
She was also said to be a Holocaust denier who had downloaded instructions on how to construct a pipe bomb and referenced a desire to blow up a synagogue and slash people’s throats.
She was facing trial at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday but the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said the case had been dropped at the end of last year.
“In light of developments the CPS further reviewed the case and concluded that it no longer met our legal test for prosecution and it was discontinued,” a spokesman said.
Prosecutors have dropped terror charges against schoolgirl accused of far-right extremism after she ‘developed an admiration for Hitler’ and was allegedly caught with bomb and gun-making instructions
The teenager denied five counts of possessing information likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism on dates in August and September 2020.
The charges related to a bomb-making video as well as digital documents named Improvised Munitions Handbook, Expedient Homemade Firearms, Kitchen Improvised Fertiliser Explosives and Making Plastic Explosives From Bleach.
She also denied possessing an article in circumstances which give rise to a reasonable suspicion that it was for a purpose connected with the commission, preparation or instigation of an act of terrorism on August 22 2020.
The article was a zip file alleged to contain instructions on how to make a homemade firearm using a 3D printer.
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