A mum whose son went from being an “ordinary lad” to a convicted far-right terrorist after neo-Nazis groomed him online has warned: “My ordeal could happen to anyone.” Katherine says her boy was a caring teenager until he was robbed at knifepoint at 15 and began exploring extremist politics, becoming obsessed with “patriotism and immigration”.
She finally called police when he was 19, after he became involved with the banned group National Action and placed a Nazi flag at his bedside.
Katherine, whose full name we are withholding due to her fear of far-right thugs, says her son has now turned his back on the hateful ideology after realising he made “a mistake”.
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