On Friday, November 10, a 17-year-old male, Joe Metcalfe, was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for a total of eleven offences, including one offence of preparing an act of terrorism and three offences of rape. Metcalfe, from Haworth in West Yorkshire, was tried by two different courts and found guilty by a jury at Leeds Crown Court on March 30, 2023, for preparing for an act of terrorism for extreme right-wing purposes.
Fortunately, officers from Counter Terrorism Policing North-East (CTP NE) swiftly prevented Metcalfe from carrying out his plans. He was arrested in June 2022, and the subsequent investigation revealed the preparatory steps he had taken towards committing an act of terrorism. His digital search history exposed his crude extreme right-wing mindset and his admiration for convicted international terrorists.
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