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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Amy-Clare Martin

Violence-obsessed teen Nicholas Prosper who shot family and plotted school massacre jailed for 49 years

A warped teenager desperate for notoriety who shot his own family and plotted to massacre four-year-olds in their school classroom has been jailed for life with a minimum of 49 years.

Nicholas Prosper was 18 when he murdered his mother, brother and sister in September last year as part of a horrifying plan to become the deadliest mass killer in history.

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