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British 15-year-old pleads guilty to invovlement in planned Anzac Day Isis-style terror plot British 15-year-old pleads guilty to involvement in planned Anzac Day Isis-style terror plot
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A 15-year-old British boy has pleased guilty to inciting an Isis-style terror attack at an Anzac Day parade in Australia. A 15-year-old British boy has pleaded guilty to inciting a planned Isis-style terror attack on an Anzac Day parade in Australia.
The boy, who is from Blackburn in Lancashire, sent thousands of instant messages to 18-year-old Sevdet Besim over a 10-day period suggesting the young man carry out the attack, the Old Baily heard. The boy, who is from Blackburn in Lancashire, was accused of inciting another person, 18-year-old Sevdet Besim, to carry out a terror attack that would target Australian police officers.
In one message on March 18 this year, the British boy, who was 14 at the time, said: "Suggest you break into someone's house and get your first taste of beheading." He sent thousands of instant messages to Besim over a 10-day period suggesting the man carry out the attack, the Old Bailey heard.
In one message on 28 March, the British boy said: "Suggest you break into someone's house and get your first taste of beheading."
Besim replied that it "seemed a little risky", prosecutor Paul Greaney QC told the court.Besim replied that it "seemed a little risky", prosecutor Paul Greaney QC told the court.
The smartly dressed, bespectacled British youngster pleaded guilty to inciting terrorism via video link from Manchester Crown Court. Mr Greaney said the messages showed "the intentions of the plotters" as well as demonstrating support for Isis and "their enthusiasm" that an attack be carried out.
The charge states that between March 15 and March 26 2015 he "incited a person to commit an act of terrorism wholly or partly outside the UK, namely the murder of police officers during an attack on a parade to commemorate Anzac Day in Australia". The boy pleaded guilty to inciting terrorism via video link from Manchester Crown Court.
A second charge of inciting terrorism overseas in relation to beheading a person in Australia was dropped by the prosecution.A second charge of inciting terrorism overseas in relation to beheading a person in Australia was dropped by the prosecution.
They court was told the two teenagers had a shared intention through their support for Isis. The court was told the two teenagers had a shared intention through their support for Isis, the violent Islamist group based in Iraq and Syria.
Mr Justice Saunders ordered pre-sentence reports in particular to find out if there was any "indoctrination".Mr Justice Saunders ordered pre-sentence reports in particular to find out if there was any "indoctrination".
He said: "I want some assessment of how and why it occurred and what measures could be taken in order to reverse that process. He said: "I want some assessment of how and why it occurred and what measures could be taken in order to reverse that process. Dealing with someone of this age is an extremely difficult sentencing process and I will need all the help I can get."
"Dealing with someone of this age is an extremely difficult sentencing process and I will need all the help I can get." The boy, dressed in a grey shirt and tie, is being held in an unidentified youth detention centre in the North West of England.
The boy, who wore a grey shirt and tie, is being held in an unidentified youth detention centre in the North West of England.
Sentencing was adjourned to September 3 at Manchester Crown Court.Sentencing was adjourned to September 3 at Manchester Crown Court.
(Additional reporting by agencies)(Additional reporting by agencies)