Nazi follower jailed for bombmaking

A judge at Leeds Crown Court told Martyn Gilleard, 31, of Poole Court, Goole, East Yorkshire, he believed he intended to cause "havoc" with the devices found by police under his bed.

Gilleard was found guilty on Tuesday of charges of engaging in conduct in preparation of terrorist acts and collecting information for terrorist purposes, and of possessing child pornography.

Police found four nail bombs, bladed weapons, bullets, documents about terrorism and extreme right-wing literature when they were searching his flat for child pornography in October last year.

Humberside Police officers discovered around 39,000 indecent images of children, which included films and photographs and ranged from category one to five - where one is the least serious and five the most.

Gilleard admitted 10 specimen counts of possessing indecent images of children on the first day of his trial for the terrorism offences.

He also pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing to possessing 34 cartridges of ammunition without holding a firearms certificate.

Police who searched Gilleard's flat discovered significant volumes of extreme right-wing literature and propaganda from far-right group Combat 18, as well as ammunition, weapons and home-made bombs.

A further search by detectives and forensic teams from the Counter Terrorism Unit (CTU) in Leeds uncovered more explosive material, camouflage clothing, balaclavas, a bomb-making manual and outdoor survival guides. They also found gunpowder, ready-made fuses and a notebook containing hand-written expressions of extreme anti-Semitic views.

Gilleard was a member of a number of far-right groups, including the National Front, the British People's Party and the White Nationalist Party.