- Alfie Coleman, 21, from Great Notley in Essex, has been found guilty of preparing for terrorist acts after an Old Bailey retrial.
- He planned a mass gun attack, venerating Nazi dictator Hitler and other extremist killers, and had compiled a 'hate list' of colleagues and customers.
- Coleman paid £3,500 for a pistol and around 200 rounds of ammunition, having identified potential targets including the Lord Mayor of London and a mosque.
- He was snared by MI5 undercover officers who engaged with him in encrypted chats as he sought to acquire weapons.
- Coleman was arrested in a Morrisons car park in Stratford in September 2023 after picking up the handgun and ammunition, and is due to be sentenced on 8 July.
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