A convicted paedophile and terrorist has been handed a new prison sentence after a bomb-making notes were found at his Leeds flat. Martyn Paul Gilleard was jailed in 2008 after police found home-made bombs at his then home in East Yorkshire, along with tens-of-thousands of child-abuse images. The judge at the time said former forklift truck driver Gilleard had a “deep-seated hatred of persons who are black, Asian and Jewish”. He was handed a new sentence today at Leeds Crown Court of more than seven years. Police had gone to his flat on Town Street in Armley in May on an unrelated matter but uncovered hand-written notes referring to the manufacture of black powder – gunpowder. The 49-year-old admitted one charge of possessing information of a kind likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism. He appeared in court via a video link from HMP Leeds, where he was being held on remand. The court was told in mitigation that he had been diagnosed with autism and the gunpowder instructions were “not specific” to an identified terrorist plot. Judge Tom Bayliss KC said he was convinced that Gilleard had written the instructions down from the internet, rather than download them to avoid leaving a digital trace. He gave him a custodial sentence of three years and nine months, with an extended four-year licence period. Detective Chief Superintendent James Dunkerley is the Head of Counter Terrorism Policing North East, said: “Officers were concerned to discover a handwritten recipe for black powder during a search at Gilleard’s home in May; a recipe later verified by experts as potentially viable.
via yorkshire evening post: Paedophile Neo-Nazi jailed again after bomb-making instructions found at Leeds flat
siehe auch: Neo-Nazi jailed for having gunpowder recipe. Counter Terrorism Policing North East Martyn Gilleard has been jailed for seven years and nine months A neo-Nazi paedophile who was jailed 17 years ago for a nail bomb plot has received another prison sentence after admitting owning a gunpowder manual. Martyn Gilleard, 49, of Town Street in Armley, Leeds, pleaded guilty in June to a single count of having material likely to be of use to a terrorist. At Leeds Crown Court on Monday, he was jailed for seven years and nine months, and will be subject to a five-year Serious Crime Prevention Order plus terrorism notification requirements for 10 years. Gilleard was jailed for 12 years in 2008 for hatching a nail bomb plot and for having indecent images of children, and was released in 2023. The gunpowder recipe was found at Gilleard’s home address during a West Yorkshire Police intelligence search on 28 May and was passed to counter-terror police for further investigation. Det Ch Supt James Dunkerley, head of Counter Terrorism Policing North East, said officers were concerned by the discovery of “the handwritten recipe for black powder […] later verified by experts as potentially viable”. He said someone having information about explosives manufacture would “always raise serious questions”. “Gilleard has chosen not to explain or defend the presence of the recipe in his home, instead pleading guilty to possessing information useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism,” he said.