Terror suspect who died in Nottinghamshire ‘was a victim’, mother says

The mother of a teenage girl who is believed to have taken her own life after being investigated for alleged right-wing terrorism says her daughter should have been treated as a victim rather than facing criminal charges. Rhianan Rudd was groomed and exploited online from the age of 14 by an American extremist as she found herself lured in to white supremacist views.

She was arrested and later faced criminal charges which were ultimately dropped because of the abuse. Her mother Emily Carter told the BBC that her daughter should not have been charged.

She said: “They should have seen her as a victim rather than a terrorist. She’s a child, an autistic child. She should have been treated as a child that had been groomed and sexually exploited.”