Overview
- A jury at Leeds Crown Court found Jordan Richardson, 21, guilty of six terrorism offences, including preparation of terrorist acts, two counts of collecting information, and three counts of disseminating terrorist material.
- He was arrested on 19 December 2024 carrying handwritten attack plans and instructions for making mustard gas, which experts assessed as viable and potentially fatal.
- Investigators found a crossbow, bolts and a combat-style knife at his home, and evidence he shared ISIS and Al-Qaeda content on social media using the handle "Anglo Jihadi."
- Prosecutors said he discussed Meadowhall shopping centre as a possible target and repeatedly expressed violent antisemitic intent, including joking about entering a synagogue in a suicide vest.
- The CPS and Counter Terrorism Policing said he rapidly radicalised online, researched TATP using an ISIS video, and that the investigation stopped him before anyone was harmed.