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Army Chef Jailed

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Cossy Wed 14-Oct-26 19:42:54

The below is actually why some of us fear the extreme right:

Source Mirror Online

“ 'Racist' British Army soldier with 'cannon' had horrific plans for UK, court hears
British Army chef Mark Broadhurst, 28, had a terrifying array of weaponry including explosives and a court has heard he had been communicating with now convicted terrorists for nearly two years.

Mr Justice Hilliard jailed him for 46 months after the soldier admitted possessing explosives and a firearms offence. At a previous hearing, Broadhurst denied the offences were terror-related, but the judge found that he was trying to impress other members of extreme right-wing groups and encourage them in their violent, racist and anti-authority ideology.

Matthew Donkin KC, prosecuting, said most of the activity surrounding the offending happened before he joined the army. Counter terror police became aware of Broadhurst while carrying out investigations on other members of extreme right-wing groups and saw his messages on two online forums.

Mr Donkin said: "The things he was posting were hateful, racist, aggressive and they demonstrated clear, extreme right-wing beliefs and views."

The messages demonstrated a hatred of “black, Asian, Muslim and Jewish people”, the prosecution said. He made references to anarchy, the end of society and his preparedness to bring this about, the Crown said. Broadhurst had shared the online order he made for the ingredients to make gunpowder.“

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Cossy Thu 15-Oct-26 13:24:32

Bump

AGAA4 Thu 15-Oct-26 13:49:11

We do need to fear them as they perpetrate the most horrendous acts of violence on the innocent.

We seem to be moving towards a more violent society. People who are willing to kill in the name of their cause.

I fear for minority groups and everyone as some attacks aren't targeted at a particular group of people.

Fallingstar Thu 15-Oct-26 13:58:04

This is shocking but predictable, with far right voices fuelling people’s prejudices and hatred, this person will not be alone, there will be others whom the authorities are not aware of.
And I agree AGAA4 we are entering scary times with extreme groups believing they have the right to kill others because they have dehumanised them so much that they don’t see their lives as being important.
And the undercover conversations we heard on the news with certain members of Reform plays into this