The boy was aged just 13 when he got his hands on instructions for explosives.
At the age of 14, the youth, from south-east Cornwall, amassed a stash of terror material and shared far-right extremist ideology in online chatrooms.
He pleaded guilty to 12 offences – two of dissemination of terrorist documents and 10 of possession of terrorist material.
The wider picture revealed in this case - the actions, words and mindset of teenagers - is deeply concerning
Judge Mark Dennis QC
The defendant, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, was handed a 24-month youth rehabilitation order by Judge Mark Dennis QC at the Old Bailey on Monday.
A summer s day in 2019 and armed police swoop on a whitewashed Cornish cottage at the end of a potholed lane.
As several officers quiz the two residents – a boy of 14 and his grandmother – others head outside. In the overgrown garden, they find a wooden shed with the number ‘1488’ painted on it.
The significance of the figures will be a mystery to most. But for white supremacists, they are shorthand or ‘code’ for their beliefs. The 14 refers to ‘the 14 words’: ‘We must secure the existence of our people and a future for white children.’ The 88 refers to ‘HH’ or Heil Hitler – H being the eighth letter of the alphabet.