Scottish neo-Nazi convicted after planning terrorist attack on local LGBTQ+ group

The trial took place at the High Court in Stirling (Image: Pixabay)

A neo-Nazi from Stirlingshire, Scotland, has been found guilty of a number of crimes, including plotting to commit a terrorist attack on a local LGBTQ+ group.

Alan Edward, 54, was arrested at his home in Redding, Falkirk, in September 2022 by armed police. They discovered what prosecutors dubbed an “armoury of weapons” at his address, including a crossbow, machetes, tomahawk knives, a stun gun, and over 14 knives that were branded with SS and Nazi insignias.

Edward was brought to trial at the High Court in Stirling, where a jury found him guilty of four charges under the Terrorism Act. He was also found guilty of racism, anti-Semitism, Holocaust denial and breach of the peace. He denied

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