A BOY of 14 set up extremist right-wing group The British Hand which included a member who plotted a terror attack.
The teen, now 16, ran it on the encrypted Telegram app, where vetted members talked about weapons and “doing something” against ethnic minorities, Westminster JPs heard.
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The 14-year-old's extremist right-wing group included Matthew Cronjager, 18, above, who was found guilty at the Old Bailey last week of plotting a terror attack Credit: PA
Group member Matthew Cronjager, 18, was found guilty at the Old Bailey last week of plotting a terror attack. The neo-Nazi, of Ingatestone, Essex, is facing a jail sentence in “double figures”.
The two cases can be linked after restrictions were lifted yesterday.
The 16-year-old, from Derbyshire, pleaded guilty in June to encouraging terrorism. He was given a two-year youth referral order and a three-year criminal behaviour order.
In 2019 he got a caution for sending pictures of bombs to a pupil over Snapchat.
Mark Luckett, defending, previously said the teen has autism spectrum disorder. He said: “In lockdown he appears to have spent a concerning amount of time online, which has led him down a very dark rabbit hole.”
Another 16-year-old boy in the chat group admitted disseminating a terrorist publication and was given a 12-month referral order.
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