Sick Neo-Nazis who stockpiled over 200 weapons & planned terror attack on mosque facing jail
Christopher Ringrose, Marco Pitzettu and Brogan Stewart hoarded machetes, swords, crossbows and an illegal stun gun believing a race war was imminent.
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Three neo-Nazi extremists who stockpiled more than 200 weapons are facing substantial jail terms for planning a terror attack
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Brogan Stewart was discovered to have a Nazi flag hanging in his bedroom
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Marco Pitzettu, a mechanic, shared videos of the 2019 mosque massacres in New Zealand
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Ringrose also 3D-printed most components of an assault rifle, which only needed a barrel and firing pin to complete.
Their nine-week trial heard the group idolised
The three, who are understood to have never met in person before their arrests, discussed attacking the al-Amin Islamic educational centre in Leeds.
They communicated on the encrypted app Telegram under the name Einsatz 14 — a reference to Nazi death squads.
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The men were arrested in February 2024 as the security services believed an attack was imminent after undercover cops infiltrated their group.
Sheffield crown court heard jobless Stewart, 25, lived with his mum in Tingley, West Yorks, and had a Nazi flag hanging in his bedroom.
He recruited Ringrose, 34, of Cannock, Staffs, and Pitzettu, 25, from Mickleover, Derby.
Married Ringrose, boss at a car parts supplier, posted a photo of his one-year-old son in a Nazi skull mask.
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Pitzettu, a mechanic, shared videos of the 2019 mosque massacres in New Zealand.
Days before their arrest, in a group call, they discussed seeking 'human targets' near the Islamic centre.
Stewart told them to 'do whatever we do then back at mine for tea and medals and a debrief'.
A jury yesterday rejected claims they were fantasists and found the three men guilty of multiple terrorism offences.
They are in custody to be sentenced in July and judge Mrs Justice Cutts told them: 'You must all expect substantial custodial sentences.'
Det Chief Supt James Dunkerley said the men had taken 'real world steps to plan and prepare for carrying out an attack on innocent citizens'.
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Christopher Ringrose 3D-printed most components of an assault rifle
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The thugs also had crossbows
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