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Topicchad and virgin duo plotted a 'Columbine' school shooting massacre
FightingGames
07/20/18 8:00:41 PM
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https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-44898341

Two teenage boys who plotted a Columbine-style shooting at a school have been detained.
Thomas Wyllie and Alex Bolland, both 15, planned to shoot and kill pupils and teachers at the school in Northallerton, North Yorkshire.

Wyllie was handed a 12-year custodial sentence while his co-defendant was given 10 years.

The teenagers, who were 14 at the time, were found guilty of conspiracy to murder at Leeds Crown Court in May.

Jurors heard they were motivated by their "worship" of Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, who killed 13 people and themselves at Colorado's Columbine High School in 1999.

Prosecutors said Wyllie, who was described as the ring-leader, was motivated by a "far right-wing" and "twisted ideology" which he had discussed in a diary - along with a desire to carry out a school attack.

The pair downloaded bomb-making manuals, researched weapons online and had drawn up a "hit-list" of targets that included students who had bullied and wronged them, as well as teachers.

The boys were interviewed by police after Bolland, who was bullied at school, messaged a friend in September 2017 to tell her about the plan.

In the message, he claimed he and Wyllie were doing a "service to society" and would eliminate students who were "infecting the gene pool".

In a series of message exchanges, Wyllie told Bolland: "If you're gonna kill yourself, shoot up the school."

Prosecutor Paul Greaney QC told the court the bullying suffered by Bolland was a motivation for the attack and said the pair "were driven by a desire for revenge".

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