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Today, Alfie Coleman was sentenced for a total of 15 offences to an extended sentence of imprisonment of 18 and a half years, comprising a custodial element of 13 and a half years with an extended licence period of 5 years. The sentence was passed by HHJ Marks KC, the Common Sergeant, a senior judge of the Crown Court sitting at the Central Criminal Court.
The sentencing hearing followed a re-trial which concluded with a guilty verdict in April 2026 on an allegation that Mr Coleman had been preparing to carry out a terrorist attack. The case was prosecuted by Nick de la Poer, leading Naomi Parsons of Red Lion Court Chambers, on behalf of the CPS Counter Terrorism Division.
During the trial and re-trial evidence was heard as to the concerns of Counter Terrorism Police and the Security Service (MI5) developed about the threat that Mr Coleman posed. These concerns led to Mr Coleman being the subject of extensive physical surveillance. Additionally, a number of Undercover Operatives from both organisations engaged with Mr Coleman online posing as being sympathetic to his ideology and as arms dealers. Mr Coleman was arrested in possession of a de-activated firearm and de-activated ammunition having been sold those items by an Undercover Operative from the Security Service.
In the course of his preparation Mr Coleman had collected a number of publications which it was illegal for him to possess, researched manufacturing explosives, obtained knives, wrote a manifesto and made numerous attempts to get hold of automatic weapons. He did so due to his ideology which was neo-Nazi and white supremist and he subscribed to a belief that a race war was coming, a war he wanted to start through committing a terrorist attack.
The judge sentenced Mr Coleman on the basis that the defendant’s preparation was advanced, and it was likely he would have carried out the attack. The judge found that he intended to commit an act of terrorism with a loaded gun. The judge found that he was “dangerous” within the meaning of the Sentencing Act 2020, in that he poses a significant risk to members of the public of serious harm.
The judge’s sentencing remarks were broadcast by Sky News and can be found here: https://news.sky.com/video/watch-as-neo-nazi-21-sentenced-for-terrorism-offences-13561623
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