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Emily Pennink

Teenager encouraged others ‘join your local Nazis’ on Telegram, court told

The trial of Joseph Cope at the Old Bailey heard that the teenager allegedly shared extreme right-wing posts on Telegram (Daniel Leal-Olivas/PA) - (PA Archive)

A teenager called on people to “join your local Nazis” in extreme right-wing posts on Telegram, a court has heard.

Joseph Cope, who has autism spectrum disorder, was aged 16 and 17 when he allegedly encouraged terrorist acts on social media and created an online library of terrorist documents.

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