William Howitt, 26, pleads not guilty to a charge of preparation of terrorist acts.
By Dan Martin & PA news agencyA former British soldier has denied planning to burn down a Nottingham bookshop in a far-right terror plot.
William Howitt, 26, appeared at Birmingham Crown Court on Friday and pleaded not guilty to a charge of preparation of terrorist acts. It is alleged he "wrote a plan for conducting an arson attack and equipped himself with a glass hammer and tarpaulin with a view to carrying out an arson attack".The court heard the alleged target of the attack was a left-wing bookshop in the city.
Mr Howitt, of West Bridgford, Nottingham, spoke only to enter his not guilty plea before he was remanded in custody. A previous hearing at the Old Bailey in London heard the alleged plot was uncovered when the defendant was stopped by counter-terrorism police in the East Midlands on 5 January.
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