UK Army Chef Jailed For Terrorism-Related Weapons Offences

A serving British Army chef, Mark Broadhurst, has been jailed for 3 years and 10 months for possessing explosives and a firearm in reference to terrorism and excessive right-wing ideology.

Broadhurst, 28, was sentenced at Sheffield Crown Court on Wednesday after a decide dominated that his weapons offences had a terrorist connection, in line with the UK’s Counter Terrorism Policing.

He was arrested at Catterick Garrison in North Yorkshire in September 2024, the place he labored as a chef.

A search of his dwelling in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, uncovered gunpowder, ammunition, firearms, crossbows, knives and a selfmade cannon constructed from a bit of wooden and a pipe.

Investigators additionally uncovered on-line messages wherein Broadhurst expressed racist and excessive right-wing views and mentioned forming an armed militia.

The courtroom heard that he had communicated for practically two years with three males, Christopher Ringrose, Brogan Stewart and Marco Pitzettu, who had been subsequently convicted of planning a terrorist assault concentrating on Jewish and Muslim communities in northern England.

The three males had been jailed for a mixed 29 years in 2025 for terrorism-related and firearms offences, in line with the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS).

Broadhurst pleaded responsible to possessing explosives and a firearm with out a certificates however disputed that the offences had been motivated by terrorism.

Following a listening to analyzing the premise of his plea, the decide concluded that one cause he possessed the firearm and gunpowder was to make threats of great violence credible to members of extremist teams whose ideology he sought to advance.

Prosecutors mentioned his on-line exercise confirmed hatred in the direction of Black, Asian, Muslim and Jewish individuals, alongside violent and anti-authority views.

Frank Ferguson, head of the CPS Special Crime and Counter Terrorism Division, mentioned Broadhurst had maintained shut contact with the three convicted terrorists and was immersed in extremist materials.

The British Army mentioned there was no place in its ranks for racist or extremist ideology, describing such beliefs as incompatible with its values.

Broadhurst was additionally handed a 10-year notification order, in line with Counter Terrorism Policing.