Teen planned massacre at Wales school as police uncover chilling manifesto

Teen planned massacre at Wales school as police uncover chilling manifestoTheodore Hopes, 18, spoke about 'planning a school shooting' before police found a host of disturbing material on his phone, including videos of himself making a Nazi saluteCommentsNewsPhilip Dewey and Zahra Khaliq News Reporter18:30, 16 Apr 2026View 2 ImagesThe Newtown College campus in Newtown, Wales(Image: Google Maps)A teenage Hitler fanatic who threatened to kill people at his college was caught with a chilling 'Mass Murderer' manifesto and videos of himself performing Nazi salutes.‌Theodore Hopes, 18, made a comment about "planning a school shooting" when armed police visited his father's house in Llandrindod Wells, Wales, on December 8 last year, where they seized an air rifle which turned out to be a legally-owned. The teenager was taken to the local Brecon police station, where a healthcare practitioner treated a small cut to his hands after he punched an oven.‌A sentencing hearing at Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court today heard a number of items belonging to Hopes were seized, including a phone filled with images of Samurai swords, a video of the defendant watching videos of Adolf Hitler and making a Nazi salute, an English translation of Mein Kampf, visits to gun and air rifle website.‌View 2 ImagesThe case was heard at Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court(Image: South Wales Echo)Other disturbing material included websites selling human skulls and bones, research on pipe bombs, mass suicides, secondary school attacks, terrorist attacks, and press reports about school knife attacks. Hopes, of Broadway House, Llandrindod Wells, pleaded guilty to making threats to kill, reports Wales Online.The defendant was asked by the healthcare practitioner who treated his cut if he self-harmed and if he had made previous attempts on his own life. Asked if he wanted to kill people, Hopes replied: "I can't. They have taken my gun away from me but I can still go in and st...