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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Stephanie Wareham

Teen who downloaded TikTok video on preparing explosives spared jail

The boy was given a three-year youth rehabilitation order at Nottingham Justice Centre on Friday - (Google Maps)

A 14-year-old boy who downloaded a video explaining how to make explosives and spray-painted racially aggravated graffiti onto a woman’s fence has been spared a custodial sentence.

The teenager, who cannot be identified due to his age, was instructed by Judge Paul Goldspring to stay out of trouble while being handed a three-year youth rehabilitation order at Nottingham Justice Centre on Friday.

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