A teenage Neo-Nazi satanist who was caught with terrorism material and encouraged suicide online has been jailed for six years.
Cameron Finnigan, 19, from Horsham, West Sussex, joined a satanic extremist group in late 2023 and told one girl to kill herself “for me” on video so he could share it in the group’s online chat, the Old Bailey heard.
Finnegan was also preparing to attack a homeless person living in a tent near his home, Westminster Magistrates’ Court was previously told.
Police never found evidence of an attempt to kill the victim, but a picture of the tent was found in the chat alongside a message from the defendant that said “I’m waiting”.
He was arrested in March 2024 and pleaded guilty to five charges, including possessing a document for terrorism purposes and an act capable of encouraging or assisting suicide.
He also admitted to having indecent images of a child and two counts of criminal damage.
Prosecutor Bill Emlyn Jones KC said during the sentencing hearing that Finniganbecame involved with the satanic extremist group named 764 in October or November 2023.
The group has links to the Order of Nine Angles, a Nazi occultist group linked to a string of prosecutions.
Both groups encourage increasing violence building up to potential mass casualty events, the Old Bailey heard.
Finnigan communicated with other 764 members on the Telegram, Discord and Snapchat apps.
One of his username was ACID and he used a Pin code of 1969, the date the Satanic Bible was first published.
He chatted to an individual believed to be a young girl who told him she was considering suicide.
Finnigan encouraged her to do so, advised her on the method and wanted her to stream it online so he could claim it for the 764, the court heard.
Discussions in the 764 Telegram chat had referred to “Terror Week” and “Terror Season”, a period between 11 and 19 March 2024, in which members were encouraged to commit crimes, the judge Mr Justice Jay said.
It was in this chat that Finnigan told the group he planned to kill a homeless person he had identified living in a tent near his home.
Finnigan also told the group he would kill a homeless person he had identified living in a tent near his home.
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