Somerset man tells court alleged revenge attack plans were ‘fantasy’

Reed Wischhusen, right in a court sketch, told the jury he was ‘trying to get thoughts out of my head’ in a document called ‘revenge’ found on his laptop. Photograph: Elizabeth Cook/PA

A warehouse worker accused of plotting “revenge attacks” with a homemade armoury of weapons has told a court the alleged plans were “fantasy, nothing serious”.

Reed Wischhusen, 32, is alleged to have planned attacks at his old primary school, a police headquarters and his workplace, and made notes on his plans in a document found on his laptop titled “revenge”, Bristol crown court has heard.