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A teenage neo-Nazi who suggested Prince Harry should be shot for marrying a woman of mixed race has pleaded guilty to terror offences at the Old Bailey. | A teenage neo-Nazi who suggested Prince Harry should be shot for marrying a woman of mixed race has pleaded guilty to terror offences at the Old Bailey. |
Michal Szewczuk, 19, of Leeds, admitted two counts of encouraging terrorism and five of possessing documents useful to a terrorist. | Michal Szewczuk, 19, of Leeds, admitted two counts of encouraging terrorism and five of possessing documents useful to a terrorist. |
The charges relate to a neo-Nazi group called the Sonnenkrieg Division. | The charges relate to a neo-Nazi group called the Sonnenkrieg Division. |
Co-defendant Oskar Dunn-Koczorowski, 18, from west London, pleaded guilty in December to encouraging terrorism. | Co-defendant Oskar Dunn-Koczorowski, 18, from west London, pleaded guilty in December to encouraging terrorism. |
Both of them were granted conditional bail and are due to be sentenced at the Old Bailey on 17 June. | Both of them were granted conditional bail and are due to be sentenced at the Old Bailey on 17 June. |
The pair produced Sonnenkrieg propaganda that, among other things, said Prince Harry was a "race traitor" who should be shot, and lionised the Norwegian mass murderer Anders Breivik. | The pair produced Sonnenkrieg propaganda that, among other things, said Prince Harry was a "race traitor" who should be shot, and lionised the Norwegian mass murderer Anders Breivik. |
They publicised the propaganda on the social media site Gab, including on a page for the Sonnenkrieg group itself. | They publicised the propaganda on the social media site Gab, including on a page for the Sonnenkrieg group itself. |
Szewczuk, hiding behind a pseudonym, also used a separate account to posts links to self-authored diatribes that called for the "systematic slaughtering" of women and the rape of babies. | Szewczuk, hiding behind a pseudonym, also used a separate account to posts links to self-authored diatribes that called for the "systematic slaughtering" of women and the rape of babies. |
Detectives found Szewczuk in possession of bomb-making instructions, documents describing how to conduct Islamist terror attacks and a "white resistance" manual. | Detectives found Szewczuk in possession of bomb-making instructions, documents describing how to conduct Islamist terror attacks and a "white resistance" manual. |
The Sonnenkrieg group, which was exposed last year by a BBC investigation, was created as a British version of the American neo-Nazi organisation Atomwaffen Division, which has been linked to five murders. | The Sonnenkrieg group, which was exposed last year by a BBC investigation, was created as a British version of the American neo-Nazi organisation Atomwaffen Division, which has been linked to five murders. |
Szewczuk and Dunn-Koczorowski were arrested the morning after the BBC investigation was broadcast. | |
Another man was also arrested and has since been released under investigation. | Another man was also arrested and has since been released under investigation. |
The group's ideology, which is influenced by figures such as the murderous cult leader Charles Manson, is a strain of neo-Nazism that openly encourages criminality and acts of terrorism. | The group's ideology, which is influenced by figures such as the murderous cult leader Charles Manson, is a strain of neo-Nazism that openly encourages criminality and acts of terrorism. |
Online propaganda and private chat logs show members engaging in extreme misogyny, as well as exalting Jihadist terrorism and a violent strand of Satanism. | Online propaganda and private chat logs show members engaging in extreme misogyny, as well as exalting Jihadist terrorism and a violent strand of Satanism. |
Some private messages seen by the BBC suggest Sonnenkrieg members encouraged young women to engage in acts of self-harm. | Some private messages seen by the BBC suggest Sonnenkrieg members encouraged young women to engage in acts of self-harm. |
The Sonnenkrieg Division grew out of a split in the now largely defunct System Resistance Network, which was created after the neo-Nazi group National Action was banned under anti-terror laws in 2016. | The Sonnenkrieg Division grew out of a split in the now largely defunct System Resistance Network, which was created after the neo-Nazi group National Action was banned under anti-terror laws in 2016. |
Sonnenkrieg and System Resistance Network both contained one-time members of National Action, including Dunn-Koczorowski. | Sonnenkrieg and System Resistance Network both contained one-time members of National Action, including Dunn-Koczorowski. |