A teenager has appeared in court charged with eight terrorism offences.
Jacob Graham, 19, of Outer Forum, Norris Green, appeared this afternoon, June 23, at the Old Bailey by video link from Forest Bank prison. Graham is charged with two counts of preparation of terrorist acts, two counts of dissemination of terrorist publications and four counts of possession of a document containing information likely to be useful to a terrorist.
The charges relating to preparing terrorist acts allege the teenager, between May 1 2022 and May 26 2023, bought items and acquired instructions to construct lethal firearms and ammunition, acquired and concealed materials to make explosive substances and created a document with the intention of assisting someone to commit acts of terrorism.
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It is further alleged that Graham distributed or circulated documents containing information on explosives, improvised and homemade munitions in January and March this year, and that he possessed documents containing similar information between May 2022 and 2023.
He will appear for a plea, trial and preparation hearing on November 24 either at the Old Bailey or at Manchester Crown Court. A four-week trial has been fixed for January 15 next year at Manchester Crown Court before a High Court judge.
Graham was arrested at a Norris Green address on May 26 following a police and bomb disposal unit raid. The charges came as a result of an extensive operation by Counter Terrorism Policing North West and Merseyside Police.
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