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Ex-UK army chef jailed for nearly four years over homemade gun, explosives
He admitted explosives and firearms offences after police found gunpowder, a crude homemade cannon and other weapons, prosecutors said.
- On Wednesday, Sheffield Crown Court sentenced British Army chef Mark Broadhurst to 46 months in prison after Justice Hilliard ruled his offences were connected to terrorism.
- Police arrested Broadhurst at Catterick Garrison in September 2024, and a raid on his Chesterfield home in Derbyshire uncovered gunpowder and a homemade cannon described as "crude" by an expert.
- The court heard Broadhurst wanted to be "in history books and criminal records" for killing police officers; he maintained contact with a Telegram group whose members were jailed last year for 29 years.
- Defending, Jim Littlehales presented a reference describing Broadhurst as "excellent at mentoring junior members of the catering team" and argued the firearm was never used to threaten anyone.
- Although Broadhurst denied terrorist intent, the judge determined he sought to impress other right-wing extremists; Detective Chief Superintendent James Dunkerley stated the sentence reflects the "danger he posed to the public.
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Mark Broadhurst expressed racist views, a desire to form a paramilitary organization, and an intention to manufacture improvised firearms and sell them to far-right organizations.
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