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The teenager had a list of weapons he wanted to buy

the youngest person to be convicted of planning a terrorist attack in Britain has been detained for More Than Six Years .

The now 17-year-old wrote about an "inevitable Race War " in his diary, and listed sites from his home in the city of Durham in a "Guerrilla Warfare " manual.

had found by A jury, The Boy who will not be named for legal reasons, guilty of the preparation of terrorist acts between October-March, 2017 and 2018.

He was sentenced to Six Years and eight months at Manchester Crown Court .

judge David Stockdale QC told The Boy : "these are offences of the utmost seriousness. "

The teen is a "hit-list pulled" from areas that he

wanted to attack, He ordered the detention, followed by a renewal of the license of five years.

The, and described himself as a "natural sadist".

His attack in the preparations included the study of explosives, and try to obtain, the hazardous chemical Ammonium Nitrate .

He also wrote from the planning to the implementation of an arson spree, targeting synagogues in Durham, with Molotov cocktails.

The teenager was flanked by a guard, who during the hearing,

addressing the defendant, The Judge described him as a read, "a young man of high intellect", and added that it made things "infinite regret" that he was permanently on "such a twisted and Many would say ill - ideological path".

He said that The Evidence in The Trial "tells the story of his own, macabre story", and during his young years, was a strong mitigating circumstances, it was also a "most disturbing" aspect of the case.

"do you suffer from an autism spectrum disorder," said he to him, saying it was Common Ground between the experts.

The Judge also said that the teenager had written him a letter with the expression "repentance."

As found well as guilty of preparation for terrorist acts, he was also convicted of dissemination of a terrorist publication, an article for a purpose connected with terrorism and, in three cases, the possession of a document or a data set with information likely to be useful to a terrorist.

His trial heard that he had visited websites on firearms, and was in communication with a pistol auctioneer.

After his arrest in March 2019, the police found him in possession of instructions that show bombs and Ricin - and that he distributed firearms manuals online by a neo-Nazi Website .

The Boy had started to write a "guerrilla war" - manual

Earlier in the sentencing, Prosecutor Michelle Nelson QC described it as "a range of offences over the terrorism legislation".

Mitigating, Nigel Evans , QC, said the teen's lack of remorse can be interpreted", as part of his autism, his ADHD", and his parents, who do not believe previously, "everything was wrong", were "now fully engaged".

after the sentencing, Det Ch Supt Martin Snowden, of Durham police, said: "It is never an easy decision to investigate, to arrest and to keep track of children in this age group.

"We only do this if we think it's The Last resort for us is to go to that line.

"prevention is always better than persecution - we would have to engage always preferred the former and distract him away from these beliefs and this activity. "

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Source of news: bbc.com