Ginger neo-Nazi guilty of terror plot

Royal plot… Prince Harry embraces his father Prince Charles, who was the subject of a kill plot to install his son as king.

A ginger-haired extremist who plotted to assassinate the Prince of Wales so that Prince Harry, a fellow redhead, would become king has been convicted of preparing for terrorism.

Mark Colborne, 37, was found guilty of preparing terrorist acts with a majority of ten to two jurors after more than 14 hours of deliberations.

Role model… Mark Colborne looked up to Norway mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik.

In the diary, Colborne had written about his plan to kill Prince Charles using a silent high-powered sniper rifle.

The jury in this trail rejected allegations he possessed chemicals to make cyanide and dimethyl sulphoxide, and stockpiled paraphernalia including syringes, screw top spray and face masks.

“I will put a major dent in England, one that is felt around the world”, he wrote. One read: “Wouldn’t it be great to have a military silent rifle, take up a good stealth position and put a bullet in Charles’ head”.

She said: “He clearly had experienced a troubled childhood and perceived himself as marginalised and belittled by society because he was a white, ginger-haired male”.

Prosecutor Annabel Darlow QC said Colborne’s notes expressed hatred for “non-Aryans” who he referred to as “blacks and Caucasian idiots”.

Comparing himself with rightwing extremists, he said: “I’m looking for major retribution, a mass terrorist attack which will bring to the attention our pain – not just mine but my brothers’ around the world”.

Telling their mother, Patricia, what he had found, the pair went into Colborne’s “extremely cluttered” bedroom and uncovered an assortment of chemicals, his racist notes, the books and other equipment and called the police.

Judge Bevan said: “It is a very odd case involving, if I may say it, a very unusual person”.

In his defence, Colborne dismissed his diary entries as “angry rants” made when he was off medication for depression.

An earlier trial at the Old Bailey had ended with a jury unable to agree a verdict.

Colborne, who will now be sentenced in November, didn’t possess a job, while the jury also heard that he didn’t have any real friends, and constantly blamed his appearance for his failures.

Hedley continued, “The 37-year-old went beyond the realms of fantasy when he wrote down his intentions and bought the chemicals that would have enabled him to carry out these plans”.

Police praised the young man’s family in court today for coming forward with the information.