Man jailed over extremist terror offences

A man has been sentenced to five-and-a-half years in prison for terrorism offences relating to right-wing extremism.

Tobias Gleed, of Meadows Crescent, Honiton, was sentenced at Winchester Crown Court on Thursday.

The 20-year-old was found guilty and convicted of four counts of possession of a document or record for terrorist purposes and four counts of dissemination of a terrorist publication.

Head of Counter Terrorism Policing South West (CTPSW), Det Supt Sarah Robbins said: "Gleed represents a threat to our communities and the impact of his offences, including the influence of the content he shared, cannot be underestimated."

She added: "Such offences have a potentially dangerous, radicalising effect and it's right he's been convicted for his activity.

"I am thankful that, through the work of our unit, the evidence against Gleed has resulted in this outcome."

Gleed was arrested in September 2022 as part of an investigation by CTPSW.

As part of the investigation, officers seized his digital devices which contained publications of an extreme right wing terrorist nature.

Investigators established that this was evidence of his interest in extreme content which he promoted and distributed to others online through messaging applications.

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