Teenager charged with terrorism offences in Gloucestershire

A 18-year-old Oxfordshire man has been charged with extreme right wing terrorism offences following his arrest in Gloucestershire last October.

Oliver Riley, of The Meadows, Watlington, Oxfordshire, has been bailed to appear before Westminster Magistrates in London on June 28.

A Gloucestershire Police spokesperson said on Wednesday (June 8) that officers from Counter Terrorism Policing South East (CTPSE) had charged Riley with:

*Three counts of possession of a document or record containing information of a kind likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism under Section 58 of the Terrorism Act 2000.

*Providing a service to others that enables them to obtain, read, listen to or look at such a publication and intended or was reckless as to whether an effect of his conduct would be a direct or indirect encouragement or other inducement to the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism contrary to Section 2 of the Terrorism Act 2006.

*Sending by means of a public electronic communications network a message that was grossly offensive contrary to Section 127 of the Communication Act 2003.

The spokesperson said “The charges are in connection with Extreme Right Wing Terrorism ideology.

“Riley, aged 18, was arrested on 12 October 2021 in Gloucestershire. He was released on bail to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on June 28.

Source: Punchline Gloucester