Alleged neo-Nazis from Warrington to stand trial next year

THREE men from Warrington will stand trial next year charged with being members of the banned neo-Nazi group National Action.
They include Christopher Lythgoe, 31, who is alleged to be the leader of the organisation and is also charged with encouraging another member of the group to commit an act of terrorism by buying a machete to murder Labour MP Rosie Cooper.
In all, six men appeared at the Old Bailey today, via video link, the others being Andrew Clarke, 33 and Michael Trubini, 35, both of Warrington, Garron Helm, 24, of Seaforth, Liverpool, and Matthew Hankinson, 23, of Newton-le-Willows.
A 22-year-old man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, is charged with intending to commit an act of terrorism, by buying a machete to murder Rosie Cooper, the MP for West Lancashire.
He is alleged to have purchased the weapon between June 5 and July 3. He also faces a charge of threatening to kill a detective constable and of being a member of a proscribed organisation, National Action.
They all appeared at the Old Bailey via video link before Mr Justice Haddon-Cave, and were remanded in custody.
The judge set their trial venue as Woolwich Crown Court, on a date to be fixed after April 9 next year.