Man found guilty of terrorism offences attempted to make 3D printed firearms

A man has been found guilty of a series of terrorism and firearms offences after being found to have attempted to use a 3D-printer to make a sub-machine gun.

Robert Adamski was arrested in July 2024 after officers from Counter Terrorism Policing London entered his address in Walthamstow and found the printer in the process of making a component. The component was later identified as a part needed for a FCG-9 Mk2 firearm, a 9mm calibre semi-automatic rifle.

Other parts of the firearm had already been printed.

He was also found to be in possession of various items relating to extreme right-wing ideology. Analysis of his phone showed that he had shared documents on a Telegram group, for which he was an administrator.

Following a two-week trial at Woolwich Crown Court, Adamski was found guilty of: wo counts of possession of a component part of a firearm, contrary to Section 5 Firearms Act 1968; possession of a document for terrorist purposes, contrary to section 58(1)(b) of the Terrorism Act 2000; four counts of dissemination of terrorist publications, contrary to section 2 (1) (a) and (c)of the Terrorism Act 2006.