A teenager from Liverpool was charged with terrorism offences after a police raid on his home.
Officers from Merseyside Police and Counter Terrorism Policing North West raided a property in Stockbridge Street, Anfield, on December 2, 2020 and arrested a youth. The suspect has today been named as 19-year-old Nicolas Street.
Counter Terror police said Street has been charged with three counts of possession of a document likely to be useful to a terrorist, two counts of encouraging terrorism and possession of a prohibited image. He appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court yesterday (May 31) and was bailed to next appear at the Central Criminal Court (Old Bailey) on June 10.
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No details have been released as to the nature of the documents or what form of terrorism the teenager is alleged to have encouraged.
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