After the Home Office claimed she had been being groomed by right-wing extremists in America online, the case against her was dropped.

  • She was only 14 years old when the terror charges were brought against her.
  • Although she was reported to be interested in extreme right extremism, the case was dismissed
  • The Home Office stated that she was being groomed, and thus the prosecution has been dropped 










The case against a girl accused of being a right-wing terrorist schoolgirl has been dropped after she was found out that her bomb-making guide had been written by the Home Office.

This Derbyshire-based student, who can’t be identified, was the youngest woman in the UK to have been accused of terrorist acts.

She had been charged with possession of instructions for homemade firearms and explosives.

Nottingham Youth Court had scheduled the trial of the young girl in August for her allegations. These were from when she was 14.

But the terrorism prosecution has been halted, with the BBC reporting an expert unit had decided she had been groomed online by a US extremist.

After she had been referred to an automated system to help identify victims of modern slavery and trafficking, it was her turn.

The girl is said to have developed an interest in far right extremism before the charge

According to reports, the girl was interested in extreme right extremism prior to being charged

Jonathan Hall QC (independent reviewer for terrorist legislation) told BBC that “online exploitation” is the opposite of radicalization.

The author added that “The internet not only draws more young people into criminal responsibility for terrorist offences, but can also yield defenses to criminal liability or strong public interest grounds why a child shouldn’t be prosecuted.”

When dealing with the online terroristic acts committed by children, ‘issues of fault and dangerousness as well as criminal liability are being worked out.

“This case is more important.

“If criminal justice does not result in the desired outcome, it begs to ask whether adequate measures are available for dealing with the abiding risks that the child might present.”

The girl’s defence lawyer Gerard Hillman had made the referral to the trafficking system after the girl had been charged.

An investigation discovered that the girl had been groomed online by a far right US extremist

A thorough investigation revealed that the girl was being groomed by an extremist from the US online.

The Single Competent Authority at the Home Office determined that she had been sexually exploited and groomed.

They identified an older far right male extremist in the USA, which led to it being ruled she had been trafficked under modern slavery laws.

After that, the Crown Prosecution Service had to end the case.

Police and security personnel have taken far-right terror increasingly seriously. 

Expert estimates and figures from June 2020 suggest that, while the terror suspect watchlist doubled in size over the past year, far right extremists make up only a small part of the problem.

Britain’s highest anti-terrorism officer, Neil Basu, has stated repeatedly that right-wing extremism represents the greatest terror threat to the UK.

However, while MI5’s watchlist has doubled in size to 43,000 by 2020, experts believe that 9-10% of those listed are Islamist extremists.

Statistics from the Home Office that showed terrorists held in custody also revealed that of 238 individuals being held in Great Britain for terror, 183 were Islamist extremists and 44 far-right. Only 11 individuals were more than in the previous year.

These include a schoolboy aged 17 who was jailed for violating a manifesto listing “Areas to Attack” in his bedroom.

Col. Richard Kemp, a senior intelligence and military expert, previously stated to MailOnline that he thought the emphasis on far-right terrorist was false. 

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