The 17-year-old boy accused of planning a neo-Nazi terror attack involving the use of 3D-printed guns, has denied the allegations.
According to reports, the teenager who cannot be named for legal reasons is accused of purchasing material to manufacture the firearms and drawing up plans for a storage bunker for the neo-Nazi terror attack.
He has also been charged with disseminating terrorist publications through a channel on the encrypted Telegram app, and four counts of collecting information useful to a terrorist.
The boy appeared at London’s Old Bailey on Friday via video-link from Feltham Young Offenders Institution, wearing a white shirt, black tie and black jumper.
He pleaded not guilty to preparing for acts of terrorism between October and December last year, by drawing up plans for a storage bunker, gathering information on 3D printed firearms and transferring money for material to manufacture them.
The teenager denied disseminating terrorist publications between November and December, through a Telegram channel that allegedly spread material that provided a “direct or indirect encouragement” for viewers to commit neo-Nazi terror attack.
He also pleaded not guilty to four counts of collecting information that would be useful to a terrorist, including firearm designs, weapons and military training manuals.
The defendant was arrested at his home in Essex on 29 December, in what police said was a “pre-planned, intelligence-led operation”.
The Recorder of London, Judge Mark Lucraft QC, remanded the boy in custody ahead of a trial starting at the Old Bailey on 7 June.