The inquest heard that Rhianan, who was a looked-after child in local authority care at the time, had autism and self-harmed because she had “too many emotions” and “did not know how to deal with them”. An inquest has heard a teenager who killed herself after being charged with terrorism offences had been groomed by a neo-Nazi. Chesterfield Coroner’s Court was told that Rhianan Rudd, who was 16 when she died, developed an “obsession with Hitler” and spoke about wanting to “blow up” a Jewish place of worship after being exploited by an extremist. Chief coroner Judge Alexia Durran said: “Rhianan, from Chesterfield, died on May 19 2022 at Bluebell House Residential Home in Nottinghamshire, where she was found with a ligature around her neck.” She became the youngest person in the UK to be charged with terror offences, but the charges were dropped five months before her death when evidence emerged that she had been groomed. The inquest heard that Rhianan, who was a looked-after child in local authority care at the time, had autism and self-harmed because she had “too many emotions” and “did not know how to deal with them” (…) During an assessment later that month, it was recorded that Rhianan had an “obsession with Hitler”, and the court heard she had created a shrine to him in her bedroom and was a “Holocaust denier”. A student incident statement in September 2020 outlined messages she sent on WhatsApp stating: “wants to kill someone in the school or blow up a Jewish place of worship” and that she “does not care who she kills and nothing matters any more”.
via express: Teenager who killed herself after terror charges was groomed by neo-Nazi