‘National Action member’ pleads guilty to Labour MP murder plot
‘Neo Nazi’ who plotted ‘White Jihad machete murder of Labour MP was encouraged by National Action ringleader to kill Home Secretary Amber Rudd instead’Group of six men were due to begin trial over alleged plot to kill MP todayOne of the men has admitted a terror offence by buying a knife for the attackHe bought 19 inch machete with ‘unprecedented piercing and slashing power’Court told of speeches in which Renshaw praised Hitler and railed against JewsFive others deny offences at an ongoing trial at London’s Old BaileyBy Richard Spillett, Crime Correspondent For Mailonline
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Jack Renshaw, 23, of Skelmersdale, Lancashire, bought canada goose outlet new york a 19inch long ‘Gladius Machete’ to kill Labour’s Rosie Cooper last summer.
He planned to take hostages after the murder and lure a woman police officer to the scene so he could kill her too, jurors were told.
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The Old Bailey heard that, during a meeting in a Warrington pub, Lythgoegave him permission to murder Ms Cooper, but added she was ‘a nobody’ and that the 23 year old should instead attack Ms Rudd, jurors were told.
canada goose coats ProsecutorDuncan Atkinson QC told the Old Bailey: ‘Lythgoe advised Renshaw to destroy all of his electrical equipment before the attack, so the police could not link him to individuals. canada goose coats
‘Lythgoe then gave him permission to conduct the attack, warning him “don’t f it up”.
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buy canada goose jacket ‘Lythgoe commented that Rosie Cooper MP was a nobody and Renshaw should attack the Home Secretary instead, Renshaw dismissed this idea saying the Home Secretary would be too well protected.’ buy canada goose jacket
The murderous scheme was foiled by a disenchanted former National Action member called Robbie Mullen, who reported the threat to Hope Not Hate, jurors were told.
On the opening day of his trial, Renshaw pleaded guilty to preparing acts of terrorism as well as canada goose outlet buffalo making a threat to kill Detective Constable Victoria Henderson, who was involved in investigating him over child grooming claims, the court heard.
Renshaw (pictured, left, in a court sketch) saw Labour MPRosie Cooper (right) as a target because of her perceived support for canada goose parka outlet uk immigration, the court heard
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Renshaw denies being a member of National Action, along with Lythgoe and four other men:Garron Helm, 24, of Seaforth, Merseyside, Matthew Hankinson, 24, of Newton le Willows, Merseyside, Andrew Clarke, 33, and Michal Trubini, 35, both of Warrington.
Lythgoe, 32, from Warrington, also denies being involved in the plot to murder the West Lancashire MP.
Prosecutor Mr Atkinson told jurors: ‘It is important to recognise from the outset that these defendants are not being prosecuted for their racist or neo Nazi beliefs, however repulsive they may be, but for their participation in a banned organisation that sought actively through fear, intimidation and the threat of violence rather than through free speech and democracy to shape society.’
National Action wanted to attack Amber Rudd, the trial was told today
He told jurors the group had engaged in a ‘campaign of virulent anti Semitic and homophobic propaganda’ since 2013.
buy canada goose jacket cheap The organisation tried to recruit and radicalise young people through violent images and ‘hate filled language’, the prosecutor said. buy canada goose jacket cheap
Its support for the murder of MP Jo canada goose outlet england Cox in June 2016 led to it being banned, Mr Atkinson said. But the defendants remained active cheap canada goose members of the organisation after it was proscribed, he said.
canada goose uk black friday On July 1 last year, Renshaw revealed his murderous plan to National Action members at a meeting in Warrington, the court heard. canada goose uk black friday
He allegedly told members he had already bought a machete marketed as offering ’19 inches of unprecedented piercing and slashing power at a bargain price’.
The jury was told that Renshaw had also researched ‘cutting the jugular artery’ on the internet last May.
uk canada goose Garron Helm, Michal Trubini, Andrew Clarke, Matthew Hankinson and Christopher Lythgoe are also on trial. They deny charges uk canada goose
Mr Atkinson said: ‘Renshaw’s plan had a more sophisticated dimension in that its objective was not simply to make a political point, https://www.buycanadagoose.biz as he put it to ‘kill for National Action and White Jihad’, but to revenge himself on those he considered to be persecuting him and trying to send him to prison for a significant period.
