White supremacist jailed over chemical weapons

A white supremacist who became the first person to be sentenced for producing a chemical weapon has been jailed for ten years.

Racist Ian Davison, 42, manufactured enough ricin to kill nine people and kept it in a jar in his kitchen for two years.

He was jailed at Newcastle Crown Court alongside his teenage son Nicky, who was a fellow member of a group known as the Aryan Strike Force.

Davison Jnr was sentenced to two years in a young offenders' institution.

Passing sentence, Judge Milford told the father: "A particularly unpleasant aggravating feature of this case is that you corrupted your son.

"The fact he sits in the dock with you today, about to go to prison with the hopes of joining the Armed Forces dashed, is the result of your appalling parenting."

Davison Snr, of Burnopfield, County Durham, previously admitted producing a chemical weapon, preparing acts of terrorism, three counts of possessing material useful to commit acts of terror and one count of possessing a prohibited weapon.

His 19-year-old son, of Annfield Plain, County Durham, was convicted of three counts of possessing material useful for acts of terror following a trial a fortnight ago.