Overview

• The 17-year-old was sentenced at the High Court in Glasgow and will be supervised on licence for eight years after release.
• He admitted possessing terrorism documents and engaging in preparation of terrorist acts under UK law.
• Police arrested him outside Inverclyde Muslim Centre on 23 January with a rucksack holding a Glock-type air pistol, ball bearings, gas cartridges and aerosol cans.
• Investigators said he mapped and filmed the interior, joined the mosque’s WhatsApp group, boasted on Telegram and sought firearm access through a local rifle club.
• The sentencing judge said he had requested the attack be livestreamed, while prosecutors and police credited swift action with preventing a potentially serious atrocity.