{"id":81361,"date":"2023-11-15T12:17:50","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T12:17:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/posterboyedit.com\/?p=81361"},"modified":"2023-11-15T12:17:50","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T12:17:50","slug":"unmasked-schoolboy-15-who-plotted-to-carry-out-mosque-terror-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/posterboyedit.com\/world-news\/unmasked-schoolboy-15-who-plotted-to-carry-out-mosque-terror-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Unmasked: Schoolboy, 15, who plotted to carry out mosque terror attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Unmasked: Schoolboy, 15, who plotted to carry out and record on video Brenton Tarrant copycat attack on Keighley mosque disguised as an armed police officer<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Joe Metcalfe &#8216;idolised&#8217; terrorists and stole his dad&#8217;s car to plan mosque attack<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Schoolboy researched how to carry out mass shootings\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>He was jailed for 10 years today at Leeds Crown Court<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A teenage terror fanatic who planned to disguise himself as an armed police officer and kill muslims worshipping at a mosque in a Brenton Tarrant copycat attack has been jailed.<\/p>\n<p>Joe Metcalfe, now 17, &#8216;idolised convicted international terrorists&#8217; and stole his dad&#8217;s car to go on a scouting trip on a mosque in Keighley, West Yorks.<\/p>\n<p>He then crashed the car into a fence, which led to his arrest.<\/p>\n<p>Police discovered he&#8217;d researched how to carry out the attack in imitation of the mass shootings in Christchurch New Zealand in 2019 and Buffalo in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>He jailed today for 10 years by a judge at Leeds Crown Court after being found guilty after trial of preparing to commit an act of terrorism.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/10\/16\/77658973-12735257-image-a-43_1699635152897.jpg\" height=\"954\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Joe Metcalfe, now 17, &#8216;idolised convicted international terrorists&#8217; and stole his dad&#8217;s car to go on a scouting trip on a mosque in Keighley, West Yorks<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/10\/16\/77658977-12735257-image-a-44_1699635164218.jpg\" height=\"357\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The car belonging to Joe Metcalfe&#8217;s dad which the terror obsessed teen stole to scout out a mosque which he planned to attack<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;d previously pleaded guilty to encouraging others to commit terrorism, disseminating terrorist publications, and possessing a bladed article.<\/p>\n<p>His jailed term will also come with an extended licence period of six years.<\/p>\n<p>Counter terror cops swooped on Metcalfe, of Haworth, West Yorks., in June 2022 when he was just 15.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors said the boy held extreme right-wing views and had shown support for international terrorists such as Tarrant, who filmed himself as he shot 51 people in two mosques in New Zealand in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Jurors were shown a pictogram drawn by the boy in a notebook manifesto which shows a stickman surrounded by a swastika and an SS symbol.<\/p>\n<p>It also included the names of some of the most notorious killers of recent years.<\/p>\n<p>Police said he had a settled plan to conduct his own extreme right-wing-inspired attack in the summer of 2022.<\/p>\n<p>After he was found guilty, Counter Terrorism Policing North East released images of a knife and a screwdriver found at the boy&#8217;s address.<\/p>\n<p>Metcalfe was also sentenced today after a separate trial for charges of multiple rape, and coercive\/controlling behaviour against a teenage girl.<\/p>\n<p>He can be unmasked today after a judge lifted an anonymity order preventing him being identified.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/10\/16\/77658975-12735257-image-a-45_1699635167377.jpg\" height=\"357\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>A screwdriver and a knife were found hidden at the teenager&#8217;s address. He was jailed for 10 years today<\/p>\n<p>Speaking after sentencing, Nick Price, head of the CPS Special Crime and Counter Terrorism Division, said: &#8216;Although he spent time watching and sharing violent, racist, homophobic and anti semitic videos, these were not idle fantasies.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He made a detailed plan to murder Muslims at a nearby mosque while disguised as an armed police officer, record the killings and escape.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He stole his father&#8217;s car to carry out a reconnaissance mission, contacted a gun seller to try and secretly ship a weapon to the UK, and but for apprehension intended to carry out the attack.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Despite his young age his beliefs and willingness to take violent action to propagate them are a threat to our society, and it is right that he has been sentenced today for those crimes.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Detective Chief Superintendent James Dunkerley is the Head of Counter Terrorism Policing North- East. He said: &#8216;We are satisfied that this individual acted in isolation and our quick response prevented this escalating further&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We have successfully worked alongside partners to ensure that this individual has been brought to justice&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I hope this provides yet another example of how robustly we will deal with this type of behaviour and these actions. It will not be tolerated.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12735257\/Unmasked-Schoolboy-15-plotted-carry-record-video-Brenton-Tarrant-copycat-attack-Keighley-mosque-disguised-armed-police-officer.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unmasked: Schoolboy, 15, who plotted to carry out and record on video Brenton Tarrant copycat attack on Keighley mosque disguised as an armed police officer Joe Metcalfe &#8216;idolised&#8217; terrorists and stole his dad&#8217;s car to plan mosque attack Schoolboy researched how to carry out mass shootings\u00a0 He was jailed for 10 years today at Leeds&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Unmasked: Schoolboy, 15, who plotted to carry out mosque terror attack - posterboyedit<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/posterboyedit.com\/world-news\/unmasked-schoolboy-15-who-plotted-to-carry-out-mosque-terror-attack\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Unmasked: Schoolboy, 15, who plotted to carry out mosque terror attack - posterboyedit\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Unmasked: Schoolboy, 15, who plotted to carry out and record on video Brenton Tarrant copycat attack on Keighley mosque disguised as an armed police officer Joe Metcalfe &#8216;idolised&#8217; 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