A British teenager who espouses neo-Nazi views has been jailed for planning a suicide bombing at a synagogue in Hove.
Mason Reynolds has been sentenced to eight years in jail.
At Winchester Crown Court, Mrs. Justice May described him as "dangerous" and noted that the documents he kept demonstrated "how entrenched your interest in far-right ideology had become."
"You intended to encourage terrorism. This was propaganda pure and simple," Justice May said according to BBC.
Prosecutor Naomi Parsons said Reynolds, 19, had made a Google street map and satellite image of the synagogue with "entry points and points to attack."
She stated that Reynolds possessed an extensive collection of manuals, which included guides on explosives and gun-making.
"There was the potential to endanger many lives. He included references to the days when the synagogue would be busiest, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur and Passover," she said.
The court heard that the teenager from Moulsecoomb Way owned live-streamed videos of other acts of terrorism, including those by Brenton Tarrant in Christchurch, New Zealand, and Anders Breivik in Norway.
Reynolds promoted the neo-Nazi agenda on social media, had written that he wanted to "make Jews afraid again" and posted a promotional video for a proscribed organization, the court was told.
Defense attorney Amy Packham said his interest in the far right developed during the COVID-19 lockdown.
"He would never have taken this action into real life. This was all online, behind the barrier of the internet," she said.
"This is another case involving a young person following a toxic extreme right-wing terrorist and anti-Semitic path," Det Ch Supt Olly Wright, head of Counter Terrorism Policing South East, remarked after the hearing.
“The fact Reynolds had such a detailed plan to attack a synagogue is really concerning. However, as a result of our investigation, Reynolds was prevented from progressing the plan into action.”
