Girl, 16, in court over terror offences

A 15-year-old boy has pleaded guilty at London’s Old Bailey to inciting terrorism by encouraging the murder of police officers during an Anzac Day parade in Australia.

A 16-year-old British girl has faced a London court on terrorism charges in a case with links to an alleged plot to commit a terror attack in Melbourne on Anzac Day.

The girl, wearing a headscarf, black cardigan and white shirt, sat in the dock with her uncle during the brief hearing.

The teenager, who can not be named due to her age, is also accused of having a copy of bomb-making guide the Anarchist’s Cookbook.

Police were led to the girl after investigating a teenage boy from Blackburn in Lancashire, who was held on April 2 in connection with a terrorist plot in Australia, after examination of a number of electronic devices.

District Judge Howard Riddle released the girl on bail, on the conditions she stay at a particular address, report regularly to police, observe a curfew and not leave the country or apply for global travel documents.

His four-week trial is scheduled to begin on August 17 in Manchester.