Police charge man, 22, with 12 terror offences following an investigation

Police charge man, 22, with 12 terror offences following an investigation into right-wing online terrorism

  • A 22-year-old man from Bath has been charged with 12 terrorism offences
  • Andrew Dymock was arrested over suspected right wing terrorism online
  • The Somerset man will appear before Westminster Magistrates Court later today

Andrew Dymock, of Somerset, was arrested on Wednesday after an investigation into suspected right wing terrorism online, a counter-terrorism police officer said

A 22-year-old man from Bath has been charged with 12 terrorism offences, police say.

Andrew Dymock, of Somerset, was arrested on Wednesday after an investigation into suspected right wing terrorism online, a counter-terrorism police officer said.

Dymock will appear before Westminster Magistrates Court later, a spokesperson for Counter Terrorism Policing North East said.

The charges include five offences of encouraging terrorism.  

He has also been charged with four offences of disseminating terrorist publications, two counts of terrorist fundraising, and one count of possessing material that is of use to a terrorist.  

Avon and Somerset Police supported the investigation by Counter Terrorism Policing North East.

The investigation is understood to be linked to the extreme right-wing groups Sonnenkrieg Division and System Resistance Network.