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Teen Abandoned Planned Southport Copycat Attack After Encountering Locked Door.
The 17-year-old from Kirkby pleaded guilty to terrorism-related charges and received a three-year youth rehabilitation order and criminal behaviour order, avoiding custody.
- Liverpool Crown Court heard the 17-year-old was handed a youth rehabilitation order, with Judge Neil Flewitt KC calling it a "difficult decision" and including three years of "intensive supervision and surveillance" plus a criminal behaviour order.
- The defendant described himself as an "axelcel" and "spergcel," admired Rudakubana, visited Southport last year, and posted "77 days until Axel 2" on TikTok, while a 2021 school panel linked his behaviour to autism.
- Officers found extremist material on his phone, including an Al Qaida training manual and ricin instructions, and he told a 999 operator he wanted to "ee-enact Axel."
- Security agencies had already referred the 17-year-old boy twice to the Prevent counter-terrorism programme, with a May referral still being processed when he was arrested; Bethan David said it was a deeply concerning case, while defence counsel Philip Astbury noted his mental health struggles.
- He pleaded guilty in January this year to terrorism-related possession offences, prompting warnings about online radicalisation as the 17-year-old boy said he would "go into a primary school" and target "little girls" soon.
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