A former student who downloaded close to 70,000 white supremacist documents and bomb-making plans has miraculously avoided jail "by the skin of his teeth". Photo / GettyA former student who downloaded close to 70,000 white supremacist documents and bomb-making plans has miraculously avoided jail "by the skin of his teeth". Photo / GettyA former student who downloaded close to 70,000 white supremacist documents and bomb-making plans has miraculously avoided jail "by the skin of his teeth", with the judge instead handing down a rather bizarre alternative punishment. In court, instead of sending him to jail, Judge Timothy Spencer QC decided to force John to read classic literature by Dickens, Austen, Shakespeare and Hardy or face prison time. In total he downloaded 67,788 documents which contained a wealth of white supremacist and antisemitic material.

Source: New Zealand Herald September 01, 2021 21:45 UTC