Teenager Who Threatened to Behead Prison Staff Is Jailed for Life for Terrorist Offences

Teenager Who Threatened to Behead Prison Staff Is Jailed for Life for Terrorist Offences
An undated image of Matthew King, who was sentenced for terrorist offences at the Old Bailey in London, on June 2, 2023. Metropolitan Police
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A teenager who became radicalised by Islamist propaganda online has been jailed for life after admitting a plot to carry out a terrorist attack against the British police or a military base.

Matthew King, 19, carried out surveillance at police stations, railway stations and an British Army barracks in London and admitted preparation of terrorist acts, alleged by the prosecution to be related to Islamist beliefs.

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