An amateur scientist who stockpiled explosives and cyanide in his shed while sending messages about gunning down Muslims and gassing Jews was jailed for 45 months today. Harry Whittaker, 33, stored homemade explosives together with radioactive and lethal poisons in a garden shed he dubbed ‘The Laboratory’, where he conducted regular experiments that released acrid fumes into neighbours’ gardens. He labelled his cyanide sample as ‘Zyklon B’ alongside a skull and crossbones, after the poison used in the Holocaust, which he claimed to have done to ‘brighten up his day’. Nazi paraphernalia including a Swastika flag were found in his room, and a framed photograph of Adolf Hitler hung above his bed, at the family home in the village of Caddington, near Luton. Whittaker referred to Pakistani people in messages to his family as ‘P*’ and described black people as ‘n’ and ‘s-skinned’, but previously described himself as ‘friendly and tolerant of anyone’. Giving evidence in court, he revealed entrenched Islamophobic views, describing the religion as ‘barbaric’ and claiming it is incompatible with Western society. He insisted the foul slurs in messages and notes were simply jokes, and claimed his Aspergers, ADHD, and autism meant he had ‘no filter’. Whittaker, who used the name ‘Harry the Mad Scientist’ on WhatsApp, was convicted of two charges of possessing an explosive substance and two charges of making an explosive substance.
via daily mail; Neo Nazi who had a framed portrait of Hitler above his bed and talked about gunning down Muslims and gassing Jews is jailed for 45 months
siehe auch: Neo-Nazi fanatic built bomb and threatened to turn Muslims into ‘mincemeat’ Harry Whittaker, 33, produced a homemade bomb in his garden shed and detailed his plans to drive a tank into a mosque during Friday prayers and turn Muslims into ‘mincemeat’. A neo-Nazi fanatic who made explosives in his garden shed to turn Muslims into “mincemeat” has been jailed for three years and nine months. Harry Whittaker, 33, manufactured a homemade bomb and stored chemicals in a makeshift lab in the garden of the home he shared with his mum in Caddington, near Luton, Bedfordshire. Police uncovered the stash of explosives after Whittaker suffered a life-threatening allergic reaction and called 999 for medical help on April 18, 2024. After he was arrested, police found racist chats on WhatsApp in which Whittaker sent hateful messages about a mosque in Luton. “We need a tank covered in machine guns and flame throwers, drive it into that mosque on Friday afternoon and turn them into mincemeat,” one message read. Whittaker – who had photo of Hitler, a flag associated with Nazi Germany, swastikas and antisemitic notes in his bedroom – was found guilty of charges of possessing and making explosives on or before May 6, 2024. He had also admitted a charge under the Poisons Act and having ammunition without a licence. During an Old Bailey trial, Whittaker cast himself as a “nerdy” science geek, and jurors were not told about the extent of his extreme right-wing beliefs. Prosecutor Emily Dummett set out further evidence of his racist views and interest in neo-Nazi ideology at his sentencing on Wednesday. Whittaker was found to have downloaded extreme right-wing material, and in a message to his brother in 2022, expressed a desire for Tommy Robinson to lead a “civil war” and “kick out” Asian people. In another message, he threatened to put ricin poison into the water supply at Bury Park, near Luton.
