Jailed: Neo-Nazi who made ‘bullets’ threat to Jewish MP
A NEO-NAZI teenager who boasted that he wanted to kill a Jewish MP has been jailed for a terror offence.
Jack Coulson, 19, was sentenced to four years and eight months in prison for possessing a document or record for terrorist purposes.
He was arrested in January this year on suspicion of threats to kill after he made a series of violent comments about Luciana Berger, the Labour MP for Liverpool Wavertree, at a hostel.
Sources told the JC his threats to shoot Ms Berger in the head were what prompted the police investigation.
He said he would “get the b **** ” and “put two bullets in the back of her head”, Leeds Crown Court heard.
In the course of the investigation, police discovered Coulson’s phone contained a document dealing with bomb-making, projectile weapons, handguns, ammunition, rockets and cannons.
He also had “a wide range of extreme rightwing material and propaganda including racist and antisemitic imagery,” police said.
But he was not charged for the threats against Ms Berger because the only witness was a fellow bail hostel resident and there was concern about how likely a conviction was.
Coulson, from Mexborough, South Yorkshire, had a previous conviction in 2017 for making a pipe bomb in his Nazi memorabiliafilled bedroom. He was not named at the time as he was under 18. He received a youth rehabilitation order. During that trial, the court heard he had been a member of the neo-Nazi National Action group, which is now proscribed as a terror organisation, and praised the 2016 murder of MP Jo Cox by a far-right extremist.
The JC understands Ms Berger was told about the arrest of Coulson but was not made aware of his trial before it took place.
In court, Coulson admitted possessing The Big Book Of Mischief, which contained information useful for someone wanting to commit a terrorist act.
Following the sentencing on Thursday last week, Detective Superintendent Simon Atkinson said: “Jack Coulson was in possession of disturbing and potentially dangerous material which indicated an extreme rightwing mind set and an interest in homemade explosives.
“He hadn’t come across this material by chance, but had actively searched for it and downloaded it. While no evidence was found to suggest Coulson was planning to act on this information, the combination of this material and his ideology is very concerning.
“This case also highlights the dangers of material that is readily available on the internet, material that could be misused, or used for a terrorist purpose.
“Searching for and storing information of this nature has the potential to put the safety of others at risk will not go unprosecuted.
“In the wrong hands it could have serious consequences.”
This case highlights dangers of material on internet’