Roger Smart prosecuted Ryan McGee made a nail bomb containing 181 metal screws and bits of glass which were designed to maximise wounding capability when it was set off.
He also possessed the Anarchist's Cookbook which contained instructions on bomb making. Officers also found an arsenal of guns and knives and extremist right-wing material in his bedroom, which was also draped in EDL flags.
Jailing him, The Recorder of London HHJ Brian Barker Q.C. said: 'The fact of the matter is any explosive device in the wrong hands could cause untold misery to anyone on the receiving end... Sadly, we live in a violent age. Let's be quite clear that any experimentation by anybody with these kinds of weapons must lead to severe sentences
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