Teen charged with terror offences appears in court

Teen charged with terror offences appears in court22 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GooglePA MediaThe 17-year-old, who was arrested last year, faces 16 chargesA 17-year-old facing terror charges and allegations he cooked up explosives and created a homemade gun has appeared in court and denied 16 charges.The teenager, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was arrested at home in south Norfolk in April last year and faces charges including making explosives, having a firearm, possessing and distributing terror manuals and stirring up racial hatred.He is also accused of "catfishing" men online to blackmail them over sexual images and is alleged to have produced deepfake sexual images of six teenage girls.Appearing at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Friday, he was accompanied by his parents and the case was sent to the Old Bailey. At the magistrates' court hearing, the boy spoke to confirm his name, age and address and enter his 16 not guilty pleas to the following charges:one of possession of a record containing information useful to terrorismfive of making an explosive substance for unlawful purposetwo of distributing or circulating a terrorist publicationtwo charges of distributing written material to stir up racial hatredone of racially or religiously aggravated criminal damageone of possession of a firearm without a certificatetwo of blackmailone of criminal damageone of making six indecent photographs of childrenDetails on the charge sheet included using match heads and potassium nitrate to make homemade explosives in April 2025 and the court heard he created "black powder" and "improvised flash powder". In March last year, it is alleged he put up a poster from a white supremacist group, distributed "threatening, abusive or insulting" flyers with the intention "to stir up racial hatred" and put up white supremacist graffiti on a wall belonging to his local council. On the blackmail charges, i...