Two sentenced for terrorism offences

Two people from Yorkshire have been sentenced for terrorism offences, after being found guilty last week.

At Leeds Crown Court, Darren Reynolds from Sheffield was sentenced to 12 years imprisonment and Christine Grayson from York was given a 12 month custodial sentence.

Following a five-week trial, Reynolds was found guilty of direct/indirect encouragement of terrorism to others to the commission, preparation, or instigation of acts of terrorism and Dissemination of a Terrorist Publication. The 60-year-old was also found guilty of possession of material containing information likely to be useful to a person committing an act of terrorism.

Reynolds posted and shared extreme right-wing material and collected illegal neo-Nazi material that included images and videos that were racist and antisemitic.

Grayson was found guilty of one offence of Conspiracy to Commit Criminal Damage. The 59-year-old believed conspiracy theories involving 5G mobile phone masts and used her views to justify her plan to damage and potentially destroy local 5G masts.