A 15-year-old boy from Eastleigh who was charged with terrorism offences in June this year, has been found not guilty by a jury at Leicester Crown Court.

The 15-year-old boy who cannot be named because of his age, was charged with one count of preparation of terrorist acts contrary to contrary to section 5(1)(a) of the Terrorism Act 2006 connected to Islamist terrorism by detectives from Counter Terrorism Policing South East (CTPSE).

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