A group of Nazi-worshipping extremists who planned terrorist attacks on mosques and synagogues has been jailed.
Christopher Ringrose, 34, Marco Pitzettu, 25, and Brogan Stewart, 25 were jailed for 10 years, eight years and 11 years respectively.
Prosecutor Jonathan Sandiford KC said that the three defendants were ‘followers of an extreme right-wing Nazi ideology’.
The trio, who are not believed to have met in the real world before they appeared together in the dock, appeared at Sheffield Crown Court.
The trio were preparing to use more than 200 weapons they had amassed, including machetes, swords, crossbows and an illegal stun gun to carry out acts of terror.
Mr Sandiford said each of the defendants showed an interest in material depicting mass killings, and by 2024 had acquired an arsenal of weapons capable of inflicting serious violence, and were actively seeking to acquire more deadly weapons such as firearms and improvised explosives.
The prosecutor said the trio styled themselves as an armed military group and that their behaviour escalated so that by early 2024 they were seeking further recruits.
The court heard that in January and February they were planning their first attack, which was to be the “first of a number of operations escalating in nature” and had identified a target, which the trial heard was an Islamic education centre in Leeds.
Brogan Stewart, Marco Pitzettu and Christopher Ringrose have been jailed
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PAMr Sandiford said the defendants had an “intention to commit acts of extremism which involved killing of multiple victims.”
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