- .Rifleman Ryan McGee, 20, obsessed with right-wing groups EDL, BNP and KKK
- .Police found bomb packed with deadly shrapnel in home he shared with mother and brothers
- .He kept journal called Ryan's Story Book with stickers of Scooby Doo and birds on the front
- .Contained racist comments about 'millions of immigrants flooding the streets of Europe'
- .He 'vowed to drag every last immigrant into the fires of hell with me'
- .Had watched horrific video of men being executed beneath a swastika flag
- .The loner had previously admitted buying the Anarchist Cookbook
- .Jailed for two years for making bomb and having terrorist literature
Ryan McGee (pictured) made a nail bomb in his bedroom packed with deadly shrapnel
A young rifleman who was obsessed with far-right politics has been jailed for two years for making a viable nail bomb packed with deadly shrapnel in his bedroom.
Police also found a journal at Ryan McGee's home containing racists comments about 'millions of immigrants flooding the streets of Europe' and a vow 'to drag every last immigrant into the fires of hell with me'.
Police found the bomb when they raided his three-bedroom family home in Eccles, near Manchester, on an unrelated matter last November.
The court heard that he was interested in the English Defence League but was not a member and had watched a horrific video of men being bound and executed under a swastika flag.
The 20-year-old loner had previously admitted buying the Anarchist Cookbook and making the nail bomb and was sentenced today at the OId Bailey.
The book, first published in 1971, contains instructions for the manufacture of explosives, illicit drugs including LSD and detailed advice concerning electronics, sabotage and surveillance.
Opening the facts of the case, Roger Smart said: 'This case involves a young man, a serving soldier, who hand-made a viable bomb in the bedroom of his childhood home in Eccles, Manchester.
'He surfed the internet, he bought supplies, and he watched videos and read books about how to make explosive devices.'
At the time he was arrested, he was serving with Bravo Company of the 5th Battalion the Rifles before being deployed to barracks in Germany.
He lived in Eccles with his mother and two older brothers.
Photos of his bedroom showed he had a 'keen interest in the English Defence League', the lawyer said.
Although he displayed the group's 'No Surrender' insignia flag and an EDL T-shirt and jumper and had attended a march, it was accepted he never joined the group.
The defendant admitted an interest in fireworks and explosives but 'the haul of imitation firearms ammunition and IED (improvised explosive device) components suggests a preoccupation that goes far beyond any amateur enthusiast's collection', Mr Smart said.
He also had an obsession with real-life events on YouTube and the internet, including footage of two bound and gagged men beneath a swastika flag, one being beheaded and the other executed by a gunshot to the head.
The court heard McGee's home was searched by Greater Manchester Police in an unconnected investigation on November 28 last year.
Ryan McGee, pictured, who was a keen supporter of far-right groups, has been jailed for two years
Ryan McGee's home-made device (pictured) contained 181 metal screws and bits of glass which were designed to maximise wounding capability when it was set off
The 20-year-old loner had previously admitted buying the Anarchist Cookbook and making the nail bomb and was sentenced today at the OId Bailey
At the time he was arrested, McGee was serving with Bravo Company of the 5th Battalion the Rifles before being deployed to barracks in German
But when an officer uncovered a 'suspicious device' in a bedroom, bomb disposal experts were called in and counter-terrorism police launched an investigation.
McGee has admitted that between May 31 2013 and November 29 2013 at Salford in Greater Manchester he possessed a document containing information of a kind likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism.
He has also pleaded guilty to a second charge that between September 1 2013 and September 3 2013 at Salford he made an explosive device.
The court heard McGee kept a journal entitled Ryan's Story Book with stickers of Scooby Doo and birds on the front filled with drawings of guns, machetes, knuckledusters and knives and images of several paramilitary soldiers.
In the book he wrote about 'millions of immigrants flooding the streets of Europe' and said 'I vow to drag every last immigrant into the fires of hell with me'.
It also contained references to right-wing groups such as the National Front, KKK and BNP, the court heard.
The court heard the home of McGee (pictured) was searched by Greater Manchester Police in an unconnected investigation on November 28 last year
When an officer uncovered a 'suspicious device' in McGee's bedroom, bomb disposal experts were called in and counter-terrorism police launched an investigation
Among his collection of books was the US Army Improvised Munitions Handbook, US Army Guerrilla Warfare Handbook and The Turner Diary, a controversial and racist book about a violent revolution in America which leads to the extermination of 'impure' people.
Officers also found a cache of potentially lethal chemicals.
In his diary,there was a picture of a soldier with a St George's cross instead of a face brandishing a rifle, knife and two grenades, standing in front of a housing estate named 'Freedom St'.
McGee also had diagrams and instructions for explosive devices, booby traps and sketches of traps and a ball-bearing bomb.
He previously admitted that he 'likes gore' and is fascinated by extremist videos, his internet search history included graphic, violent videos and racist footage.
He downloaded a number of extreme videos and his laptop had links to websites including gore videos, French Skinheads, Russian Racism, Handguns for sale UK and Germany, and YouTube videos of EDL marches against Muslims and Nazi youth.
The prosecutor accepted he was not a terrorist or intended to help a terrorist group.
Defending, Antony Chinn QC said McGee had been an immature teenager at the time, as demonstrated by the Scooby Doo notebook.
Prosecutors accepted McGee was not a terrorist or intended to help a terrorist group
He said: 'Although he accepts he made the device he never intended to put it to any violent purpose.'
McGee, a fifth generation Army man, was 'a bit of a loner' who was brought up with far-right views, he said, adding that McGee was not a racist and that his 'two best friends' in the army were from a 'different ethnic background'.
'One is Ghanian and from a different church,' he added.
'His future at the army will be at an end as a result of his pleas.
'The army have been good enough to support him while on bail with the condition that he reside at the barracks with a curfew.
'They have given him considerable support.'
Mr Chinn claims that the defendant is not a terrorist and had no intention of detonating the bomb.
He described McGee's fascination for watching sickening videos of extreme violence as 'war porn'.
But Judge Brian Barker, the Recorder of London, told the court it was an 'unusual and worrying case' in particular because of the violent drawings and extreme observations of the defendant, who he said, had brought the Armed Forces into 'disrepute'.
He added: 'What particularly concerns the court is the volume of drawings and extreme observations that were produced in the few years before you joined the army.
'The essence of these matters is that you made a viable bomb in your bedroom, you surfed the internet making as many enquiries as you could, bought supplies, watched videos and read books on how to make explosive devices.
'Any explosive device in the wrong hands could cause untold misery and suffering to anyone on the receiving end.
'It's difficult to recognise the two aspects of your character - as an enthusiastic young soldier and what you engaged in the privacy of your bedroom.
Components of a homemade nail bomb were found in Eccles soldier Ryan McGee's home
Police officers also found a cache of potentially lethal chemicals when they raided his home
The court heared how McGee 'surfed the internet, he bought supplies, and he watched videos and read books about how to make explosive devices'
'Sadly we live in a violent age and it must be quite clear that any experimentation by anybody of these types of weapons will lead to a severe sentence.
'I treat your case as an exception and recognise your problems and your attempt to deal with them.
'You have made an effort to face up to reality.
'I accept these items were not going to be used for any violent or terrorist purposes.
'This was a phase you have gone through and hopefully come out of the other side.
'Your right-wing views have been moderated considerably.
'The reality is you have lost everything you aspired to.'
Police also uncovered an electric booby trap device during their search of the home
Ryan McGee's chilling cache of equipment even included this pressure plate
Judge Barker said McGee's 'ideology' included an interest in torture, support for the English Defence League, firearms and ammunitions.
Wearing a black suit, white shirt and black tie, the defendant showed no emotion as the sentence was passed.
He sentenced McGee to 12 months in jail for a charge of possessing a document containing information of a kind likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism between May 31 2013 and November 29 2013 at Salford in Greater Manchester.
McGee was further jailed for 24 months for a second charge that between September 1 2013 and September 3 2013 at Salford he made an explosive device.
The sentences were ordered to run concurrently.
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