Neo-nazi convicted of terrorism offences

An “exemplary neo-nazi” who acquired components for potential bombs and who kept a list of Scottish mosque addresses was behind bars last night after being convicted of planning terrorist attacks.

Connor Ward, 25, acquired hundreds of ball bearings which could be used in pipe bombsandrockettubeswhich could be used to fire projectiles.

The High Court in Edinburgh heard how he acquired an arms cache which included a stun gun, hundreds of knuckle dusters, knives and metal bars.

Ward, who was previously jailed for three years in 2012 for possessing an explosive substance, also acquired a number of deactivated bullets.

The court heard the ammunition could have been reactivated for use in a firearm.

Police discovered the lethal horde after receiving a tip off that Ward had broke strict firearms legislation by buying a stun gun from abroad.

Detectives who searched Ward’s home in Banff, Aberdeenshire, also found that he had acquired a mobile phone signal jamming device and a machine for picking up hidden “bugs”.

They also found a Google Maps-style file containing the postal addresses of five Islamic 0 Connor Ward was previously jailed for three years in 2012 places of worship in the Aberdeenareaonward’scomputer and that he had started to compose a book called “Combat 18 British Mosque Address Book”.

In the title page of the book, Ward had written: “This book is dedicated to all that follow Mohammed and the Islamic faith. You will all soon suffer your demise.”

Ward, a former psychiatric patient, claimed he was suffering from mental illness at the time he downloaded the documents.

He said that he acquired the files because he believed the world was going to end in 2012 and he wanted to survive the apocalypse.

But jurors refused to believe Ward’s claims and returned verdicts of guilt to two charges of breaching the Terrorism Act 2000 and the Terrorism Act 2006.

Their verdicts came on the fifth week of proceedings against him.