Alan Madden kept a semi-automatic pistol in his bedroom An extreme right-wing conspiracy theorist with an “unhealthy interest” in weapons and proscribed organisations” has been jailed. Liverpool Crown Court heard Alan Madden smuggled a semi-automatic pistol home from South Africa and kept it in his bedroom. The 65-year-old admitted stirring up racial hatred and possession of a gun, ammunition and a flick knife. Madden, from Port Sunlight in Wirral, was jailed for seven-and-a-half years. The court heard that during a raid on Madden’s home on Boundary Road in September, police found the Czech-manufactured firearm in a box in his bedroom, along with 384 rounds of ammunition. His sentencing hearing was told an examination of two seized laptops and a mobile phone showed he had “extreme right-wing views” and an “unhealthy interest in firearms, weapons and proscribed organisations”. Madden told police he brought the gun back from South Africa, where he lived for 49 years, and would only have used the gun in “extreme circumstances” to defend himself and his wife in the event of a “complete breakdown in society”. He also told officers he was viewed as a “conspiracy theorist” and described himself as a “survivalist” who did not believe the government would look after his safety. Three sets of nunchucks, a martial arts weapon, and a flick knife were recovered from his home and a manifesto written by Brenton Tarrant, who committed the Christchurch terror attacks in New Zealand in 2019, as well as calls to action were found on his devices. The court was also told Madden shared speeches by Adolf Hitler online and a video promoting neo-Nazi organisation National Action (NA).
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siehe auch: Neo-Nazi kept gun by his bed in case of ‘complete societal breakdown’ Alan Madden, 65, a self-described ‘conspiracy theorist’, is convicted of stirring up racial hatred through his ‘warped ideology’ A “survivalist” neo-Nazi kept a gun by his bed in case of a “complete breakdown in society”, a court heard. Extreme Right-wing “conspiracy theorist” Alan Madden, 65, who kept a semi-automatic pistol in his bedroom, has been jailed for seven-and-a-half years. In September last year, when officers raided his home in the village of Port Sunlight, Merseyside, they discovered a Czech-manufactured firearm in a box in his bedroom, along with 384 rounds of ammunition that included prohibited hollow-point bullets, Liverpool Crown Court was told on Tuesday. The hearing to determine his sentence was told that two laptops and a mobile phone were seized and a search of the devices showed he had “extreme Right-wing views” and an “unhealthy interest in firearms, weapons and proscribed organisations”. Police recovered a Czech-made pistol after raiding Madden’s house Madden told police that he would not have used the weapon other than in “extreme circumstances” to defend himself and his wife in the event of a “complete breakdown in society”. (…) Madden shared videos online through his BitTube channel, including speeches from Adolf Hitler, the court heard. Officers searching his devices found the manifesto by the man behind the Christchurch terror attacks in New Zealand as well as calls to action. He also shared a video promoting proscribed terrorist organisation National Action, the court was told. In an interview with police, he said he thought the group, banned in 2016, was “commendable”.