A teenager has appeared in court charged with eight terrorism offences.
Jacob Graham, 19, of Outer Forum, Norris Green, appeared this afternoon, June 23, at the Old Bailey by video link from Forest Bank prison. Graham is charged with two counts of preparation of terrorist acts, two counts of dissemination of terrorist publications and four counts of possession of a document containing information likely to be useful to a terrorist.
The charges relating to preparing terrorist acts allege the teenager, between May 1 2022 and May 26 2023, bought items and acquired instructions to construct lethal firearms and ammunition, acquired and concealed materials to make explosive substances and created a document with the intention of assisting someone to commit acts of terrorism.