Three men from an online extreme right-wing group have been jailed for a combined total of 29 years for planning a terrorist attack in West Yorkshire, the UK Defence Journal understands.
Brogan Stewart, 25, from Tingley, was sentenced to 11 years in prison with an additional eight years on extended licence. Marco Pitzettu, 26, from Derby, received eight years with five on extended licence, while Christopher Ringrose, 35, from Cannock, was sentenced to 10 years in custody and five on licence. All three are subject to Serious Crime Prevention Orders for five years and terrorism notification requirements for 30 years.
The men were convicted in May following a nine-week trial at Sheffield Crown Court. Prosecutors said they formed a “militant” online group where they glorified mass murderers, exchanged racist messages, and discussed violent attacks on mosques, synagogues, and Islamic education centres.
Police arrested the trio on 20 February 2024 after an intelligence-led operation by Counter Terrorism Policing North East. Officers discovered over 200 weapons across their homes, including machetes, crossbows, swords, and hunting knives. Pitzettu had also obtained an illegal stun gun, while Ringrose was convicted of manufacturing a 3D-printed firearm.
Detective Chief Superintendent James Dunkerley, head of Counter Terrorism Policing North East, said that “Stewart, Pitzettu, and Ringrose have rightfully been convicted of multiple terrorism offences. They espoused vile racist views and advocated for violence, all to support their extreme right-wing mindset.”
He added that “some of their defence in court was that it was all fantasy or just part of harmless chat, however all three took real world steps to plan and prepare for carrying out an attack on innocent citizens.”
Bethan David, head of the Crown Prosecution Service’s Counter Terrorism Division, said that “these extremists were plotting violent acts of terrorism against synagogues, mosques and an Islamic education centre,” and warned that “had Ringrose managed to complete the 3D-printed semi-automatic firearm he started, it could have had devastating consequences.”
God job so many of these people are as thick as mince. Talking of all that online..the NTAC at Thames House monitors and supports the Police against this sort of thing.
I was just re-capping all the comments on yesterdays Shitfest article about “Anthony Williams” the Knife Attacker.
Embarrasing seeing all the misplaced hatred.
What misplaced hatred 2 things can be bad at the same time right ? The reality is Islamic terror accounts for far more than right wing terror both are a scourge on society but realistically the Islamic terror is more of a threat than someone printing firearms parts which cannot be made into firearms unless you have pressure bearing parts the idea u can just 3D print out a gun is just laughable
The chap was later revealed as British.
I can’t really help you any more than that.
Do u think just because someone was born here they can’t be a different culture ? So I have no idea what help your trying to help me with a large % of the terrorists have been British born 2nd generation immigrants
The term second generation immigrant is often ( and is) an oxymoron.. you cannot be an immigrant ( of whatever generation) and be native born..
And you are correct a nation can have multiple cultures.. this is especially true of nations created from large multiethnic empires and the modern UK is a creation of the fracturing of the largest multiethnic empire of them all the British empire..
I’m not sure I agree that right wing terrorism is any less of a threat.. it’s just been traditionally poorly organised in the UK.. that does not mean it’s less of a threat as threats develop and grow if left untended.. after all in 2000, 25 years ago no one really considered islamic extremism an issue in the UK and the the IRA had only just signed off on the Good Friday agreement.. so the risk had always been the republican and nationalist terrorists..
Actually u can be born in the U.K. and not be a British citizen the U.K. doesn’t have magic soil so your wrong there, one of your parents has to be a British citizen for you to be a U.K. citizen and I don’t care weather u agree that Islamic terrorists are more or less of a threat than far right it’s just a fact more people have been killed by Islamic terror than far right we are not talking about 30 years ago we are talking about now
Sorry you’re wrong on the citizenship thing.. you don’t need a parent to have citizenship, they can have settled status.
Anyway your being utterly pedantic as you very well know the whole concept of a second generation migrant requires that their parents were permanent migrants with citizenship…
As for right wing terror being a threat in 30 years your making huge assumptions.. who is to say it’s not a major issue next year.. my point was in 1995 the IRA were a major treat yet one year later in 1996 they were not… in 2000 no bigger including me considered radical Islamic terror to be a problem unless you lived in Israel.. one year later we all watched the twin towers fall… so your 30 years is something plucked from the air.. there could be a major right wing attack next month for all you know..
If you look at Terror attacks in the US, far right terror attacks are more common and kill more people than islsmic terror attacks over the last decade.. 112 vs 83..
Of course you can apply for citizenship I didn’t think I needed to say that and if anyone is being pedantic it’s you
No a child of someone without citizenship and only having settled status if that child is born in the UK will be a citizen of the UK automatically. I was disputing the fact you stated that a child born in the uk must have Uk a citizen parent to be a Uk citizen..because you stated it as a fact and it was incorrect.
OK tim, as I feared you have no Idea what I was saying, so in simple words,
The Story broke and virtually everyone immediately jumped on the Islamic Jihad Terrorist wagon.
Rather than waiting to see any actual facts.
Now those facts are known and here you are still banging away with your “Islamic Terror” talk.
These are two entirely seperate Issues and in this case the terrible acts were carried out by a non Islamic Terrorist.
It always pays to wait until the facts are known before “Burning people at the Stake”.
Firstly u have no idea of the motive for the attack and my point still stands the vast majority of terror attacks in the U.K. are Islamic in nature
Mince.
You can’t help it
Oh yes that other article about those stabbings turned into a proper train wreck (no pun intended for the easily offended), I made a comment about Farage and Reforms inability to come up with proper policies on any subject and it seemed to upset some, or maybe it was because I called Farage a rude name?? dunno really
They don’t like having their Messiah questioned!
These types of guys must be the dumbest of the dumb. I don’t think a single one of the schemes from that side of the aisle has ever actually been successful (for want of a better word).
Jo cox may she rest in peace.
But in the US it’s a different story far right terror is a big bigger thing with 112 deaths in a decade.
The mosques I understand but why pick on the synagogues?
These lads needed some genuine direction and purpose.
Very sloppy tut tut
The extream right hate Jews they believe they control the world m it would be funny if it wasn’t so dangerous