June trial for alleged National Action murder plotters

The suspected leader of banned neo-Nazi group National Action will stand trial in June over an alleged plot to murder a Labour MP with a Roman sword. Christopher Lythgoe, 31, is said to have given permission for a member of the proscribed far-right organisation to kill Rosie Cooper, 67. The man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, allegedly bought a ‘Gladius Machete’ to kill the MP for West Lancashire and made threats to kill a female detective at a…