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Jurors at a trial viewed footage of a man named Coleman dropping £3,500 in a Land Rover and retrieving a holdall containing a handgun and ammunition from the boot in a Morrisons car park in Stratford on September 23, 2023.
Shortly after, Coleman was confronted by armed counter-terrorism police and lay on the ground. Investigators later discovered a “manifesto” in his diary that listed potential targets, including the Lord Mayor of London and a mosque.
Prosecutor Nicholas de la Poer KC stated that two days before Coleman was scheduled to pick up the firearm, he wrote, “Something has gotta be done, how long can we sit here and talk over the internet?” On the same day, he ordered a Gerber Strongarm knife with a 4.8-inch blade online.
Coleman began searching for extreme right-wing material at age 14, downloading a neo-Nazi text to his iPad. Authorities became aware of his extremist views as he engaged with far-right online groups in summer 2023. He also formulated a plan to attack a mosque in France, which he later abandoned.
