British white supremacist jailed for making ricin
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British white supremacist jailed for making ricin
14 May 2010
LONDON - A white supremacist was jailed for 10 years on Friday after he became the first person in Britain to be convicted of manufacturing a deadly chemical weapon, which he kept in a jar in his kitchen.
Ian Davison, 42, belonged to the Aryan Strike Force; (ASF), a group that planned assaults on Muslims and Jews among others.
“He was a leading member of the ASF which was a neo-Nazi organisation dedicated to using violence,” prosecutor Andrew Edis told Newcastle Crown Court.
“The purpose of the violence was the creation of an international Aryan group who would establish white supremacy in white countries.
“They were followers of the ideology of Adolf Hitler, who they revered, and whose work Mein Kampf was among many available on their website.”
Davison, from County Durham in northern England, made the ricin at his home in 2006 or early 2007, after researching how to make the killer chemical and then buying its easily-sourced ingredients, the Press Association news agency reported.
The poison — enough to kill nine people — was found when police raided the property last June and is now stored at Britain’s Porton Down chemical weapons centre.
Ricin can cause death from exposure to as little as a pinhead amount. Most victims die between 36 hours and 72 hours after exposure and there is no known antidote.