Jury out in trial of ex-Tesco worker accused of planning gun attack
A jury has begun to deliberate in the trial of a former Tesco worker who was caught in an MI5 sting allegedly trying to buy a gun for a terror attack
A jury has begun to deliberate in the trial of a former Tesco worker who was caught in an MI5 sting allegedly trying to buy a gun for a terror attack.
Alfie Coleman was aged 19 when he was arrested by counter terrorism police in a Morrisons car park in east London, moments after picking up a Makarov pistol and ammunition on September 29 2023.
The defendant has accepted he had a large quantity of extreme right-wing material and has pleaded guilty to possessing 10 documents which contain information likely to be useful to terrorists.
Coleman, now aged 21, from Great Notley in Essex, has admitted attempting to possess both a firearm and ammunition but denies he was preparing for a terrorist attack.
Shortly after 12 noon on Tuesday, Judge Richard Marks KC sent jurors out to begin deliberating on a verdict.