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| Liam Lyburd guilty of Newcastle College murder plot | |
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| A 19-year-old has been found guilty of plotting mass murder at his former college. | |
| Liam Lyburd admitted possessing a gun, bomb and bullets but claimed he had not intended to hurt anyone at Newcastle College. | |
| He was found guilty of possessing weapons with intent to endanger life following a trial at Newcastle Crown Court. | |
| He will be sentenced on 25 September at the same court. | |
| During the trial, Newcastle Crown Court heard he told police he intended to "shoot a bunch of people" and blow up Newcastle College. | |
| 'Kill bag' | |
| Prosecutor Nick Dry said that following concerns raised about posts he had made on Facebook in November under the name Felix Burns, police went to the house on Hamilton Place, Newcastle, where he lived with his mother and sister and searched his room. | |
| Officers found items including a black handgun and canisters of CS gas, along with a black "kill bag" which contained a balaclava, safety glasses, elbow and knee pads and a number of pipe bombs with nails taped around them. | |
| Lyburd laughed as he was transported to the police station after being arrested, and told detectives that it had been a "fantasy that he had no intention of carrying out", the court heard. | |
| He admitted nine charges relating to making five pipe bombs, two home-made explosive devices, possessing a 9mm Luger Calibre Glock gun, 94 jacketed hollow point expanding bullets, and CS gas. | |
| He had denied eight charges of possessing those items with an intent to endanger life but was convicted of all eight counts. |