Martyn Gilleard, 31, from Goole, East Yorkshire, has been sentenced to 16 years in prison at Leeds Crown Court after being found guilty of terrorism offences. He had previously admitted possessing 39,000 indecent images of children and owning ammunition without a licence.
The court heard that police initially raided his flat over concerns about child pornography, but found four nail bombs under a bed used by his five-year-old son, along with bullets, swords and knives. Also discovered were DIY bomb manuals, instructions for making a sub-machine gun and guidance on carrying out assassinations using poison.
Gilleard, a member of the British People's Party and the National Front, idolised Adolf Hitler and had expressed a desire to preserve the 'purity of the white race'. A notebook recovered from his home included references to killing Muslims, blowing up mosques and fighting back. His walls were covered with Nazi posters and fascist memorabilia.
Sentencing, Judge Millford told him: "You claimed that your political fascism was burning out by the time of your arrest, but it was still burning bright." Detective Chief Superintendent John Parkinson, head of the counter-terrorism unit in Leeds, described Gilleard as extremely dangerous and a terrorist prepared to use violence to attack communities.
During the trial, prosecutor Andrew Edis QC said Gilleard had copied long sections of the Anarchist's Cookbook from the internet, including instructions for making letter bombs, pipe hand grenades and car bombs. Gilleard had claimed he was a bored internet surfer with an innocent interest in weapons.
