‘Far right terrorist claimed he was the master race’

An army recruit, who was referred to Prevent as a schoolboy because of his far-right views, kept instructions on how to make bombs on his phone, a court heard.

The 25-year-old, who can only be referred to as S Forster, began army training in 2017 but was found unsuitable because he had engaged in extreme right wing rhetoric on Twitter.

Forster had been a member of the British neo-Nazi terrorist group National Action since he was 13 and he was referred to Prevent at school.

He had described himself as being ‘obsessed’ with right wing culture, a court heard.

In 2015 he tweeted that Prime Minister David Cameron and Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn should be hanged as traitors.

In 2018 he messaged his girlfriend saying: ‘I’m far right never far wrong. I can make a fascist out of you yet’ and ‘I don’t like to brag but I am the master race after all’.

He has admitted one count of possessing a publication named ‘The DIY Sheet Metal Self-Loading practical scrap metal small arms, an illustrated guide for producing a self-loading pistol from a piece of sheet metal.’

Prosecutor Ben Lloyd said stickers for the National Front, a far-right British political party were also found at his address, along with images of him posing with a Nazi salute.

Forster lived in a small one bedroom flat in Norwich, where he was arrested on 6 April 2022.

His home was searched and two mobile phones were seized. Three of the documents were found downloaded onto these phones.

He denies possessing ‘Middle Eastern Terrorist- bomb designs,’ which he is said to have saved as ‘b0mb’, and contained diagrams and instructions for the construction of improvised explosive devices.

He is also said to have had on his phone a document called ‘The advanced Anarchist Arsenal: Recipes for improvised incendiaries and explosives’ which included recipes for explosive substances such as ammonium nitrate, made up of TNT, charcoal and fuel oil.

A hard copy book named ‘US Army Improvised munitions’ was also said to have been found at his address.

Mr Lloyd said: ‘For good reason, the law makes it a criminal offence to possess material that could be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism.

‘We do not want those with such aims or plans to have easy access to information that could help them. For example, instructions on how to make weapons, ammunition, or explosives.

‘Whatever the reason, the defendant came to be in possession of such material and that is why he is on trial.

‘But this was not the first time authorities had become concerned about the defendant.

‘At the very least, the defendant was fascinated by extreme right views.

‘In fact, the prosecution says that the material that you will consider in this case shows that he shared those views and beliefs himself, or he certainly did at the time of the offending.

‘Such views can include believing that white people are superior to other races, believing that mass migration from the ‘non-white’ world presents a threat to the white population, subscribing to anti-Semitism, and so on.

‘The defendant also had an interest in weapons, things like guns, knives, and explosives.’

The prosecutor said Forster also had documents relating to the Blackshirts, the nickname for the British Union of Fascists.

He had posted that Ian Stuart, frontman of the neo-Nazi band Skrewdriver who died in a car crash in 1993, was his ‘hero’.

Forster accepted in police interview that he had been involved with far right groups such as the English Defence League and National Action which led to him being referred to Prevent.

He told police he was not aware the documents were on his phone and said they had automatically downloaded from messaging platforms Telegram and Discord.

Forster, of Cardiff Road, Norwich, denies three counts of collecting information contrary to section 58 of the terrorism act.

He admits one count of the same charge.

The trial continues.