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Cyanide plotter Mark Colborne detained indefinitely | |
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A man who fantasised about "putting a bullet in Prince Charles' head" has been detained indefinitely. | A man who fantasised about "putting a bullet in Prince Charles' head" has been detained indefinitely. |
Mark Colborne, 37, of Southampton, was found guilty in September of plotting a mass cyanide attack from his bedroom after a retrial. | Mark Colborne, 37, of Southampton, was found guilty in September of plotting a mass cyanide attack from his bedroom after a retrial. |
Jurors heard he had felt "belittled" for being a white, ginger-haired male and had wanted to seek revenge. | |
He was found guilty of possessing handwritten notes and books related to making recipes for lethal poisons. | |
The Old Bailey heard how Colborne had written about assassinating Prince Charles in order for Prince Harry to become king. | |
'Warped individual' | |
Prosecutor Annabel Darlow said Colborne's notes also expressed admiration for right-wing extremists such as Anders Breivik and hatred for "non-Aryans" whom he referred to as "blacks and Caucasian idiots". | |
"I'm looking for major retribution, a mass terrorist attack which will bring to the attention our pain not just mine but my brothers around the world," he wrote. | |
Colborne bought ingredients over the internet, and stockpiled dust masks, metal filter funnels, plastic syringes and latex gloves at his home in Butts Road, jurors were told. | |
He was cleared of intending to use the chemicals and paraphernalia as part of the terror plot. | |
Colborne's half-brother and mother uncovered the chemicals and handwritten papers stashed in his bedroom, which led to his arrest on 3 June last year. | |
Sentencing Colborne under the Mental Health Act, Judge John Bevan QC said he was "clearly dangerous" and his "extraordinarily violent fantasies" were "seriously concerning". | |
"You have been consumed with rage at disparate individuals and groups and you write in graphic terms of bombing and butchery," he said. | |
"You are, I regret to say, a warped individual who in the past has held views of your fellow man which were repugnant to right-thinking people." | |
"Many people have unpleasant childhood memories, but they move on and grow up. | |
"Your extravagant self pity has made your life a misery and your family's life a misery too." | |
Under cross-examination, Colborne said the planned attacks were "angry rants" while he was off his medication for depression. | |
The court heard he was "sane" but had a personality disorder with a degree of psychosis which warranted continued treatment. | |
As a result of the case, Colborne's brother and mother were no longer speaking to one another, the judge said. |