Right wing terrorist Michael Nugent sees his prison term increased after appeal
White supremacist, 38, who was jailed for terror offences after sharing far-right material and extremist videos on Telegram celebrating Christchurch mosque attacks has sentence increased to five years by appeal judges
Michael Nugent of Surrey was jailed for three-and-a-half years for terrorism He was convicted of sharing explosives and gun manuals to right wing groupsThe Court of Appeal increased Nugent’s sentence earlier today to five years
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A white supremacist convicted of terrorism offences after sharing explosives and firearms manuals in extreme right-wing chat groups has had a jail term increased by appeal judges.
Michael Nugent, 38, of Ashford, Surrey, was given a three-and-a-half year jail term at Kingston Crown Court in June after admitting offences contrary to terrorism legislation.
Three appeal judges on Friday increased that term to five years, after a challenge by the Attorney General’s office.
Judge Peter Lodder had, in June, handed Nugent a custodial term of three-and-a-half years and imposed an extended licence period of one year.
Lord Justice Edis, Mr Justice Turner and Mrs Justice Cockerill on Friday imposed a five-year custodial term plus an extended licence period of one year.
Michael Nugent, pictured, had his three-and-a-half sentence for disseminating firearms and explosive manuals to extreme right wing groups increased today by the Court of Appeal in London
They had considered argument at a Court of Appeal hearing in London earlier this month.
Lawyers representing the Attorney General’s office had argued the sentence should be stiffer.
Lord Justice Edis said Judge Lodder had failed to give sufficient weight to an increase in the maximum penalty for such offences and said the original sentence had not reflected the ‘obvious gravity’ of online radicalisation.
Police had said, after Nugent was jailed in June, that he had been convicted of terrorism offences after sharing explosives and firearms manuals in extreme right-wing chat groups online.
They said Nugent, who used different personas in chat rooms, was active on a number of extreme right-wing chat groups and was arrested after Metropolitan Police counter terrorism officers linked the various online accounts to him.
‘Nugent freely shared his abhorrent extremist views with others over a messaging app and he passed on manuals detailing how to produce deadly weapons and explosive devices,’ Commander Richard Smith, head of the Metropolitan Police’s Counter Terrorism Command, had said.
‘This is another case which shows how harmful online extremism is.
The Court of Appeal said Nugent’s case is a good example of how harmful online extremism can be
‘That is why it is important that anyone who believes that they have a friend or loved one who they think has been radicalised, or is vulnerable, seeks help.’
Lord Justice Edis said in a written ruling, handed down by appeal judges on Friday, that Nugent had admitted dissemination of terrorist materials and possession of information likely to be useful in the preparation of a terror act.
