A Nazi thug who built a homemade submachine gun in his garage and kept terrorism manuals after becoming obsessed with the Christchurch mosque killer is facing jail. Ben Styles, 25, was making the deadly weapon at his home in the leafy Warwickshire town of Leamington Spa.
He posted in an online group called ‘#Kill All the Jews’ and described the holocaust to friends as the ‘holohoax’, adding: “I hope the holocaust is real next time.” Styles was arrested in April 2021 after police raided his home in Plymouth Place, Leamington Spa, and discovered gun making tools in the garage.
He admitted making weapons and ammunition and collecting terrorism material at Birmingham Crown Court. He was acquitted of engaging in conduct in preparation for a terrorist act, contrary to section 5(1) of the Terrorism Act 2006.
