A white nationalist who regarded the New Zealand mosque mass murderer Brenton Tarrant as a “hero” is facing a lengthy prison sentence for terrorism offences.

Sam Imrie, 24, was arrested after detectives discovered in July 2019 that he had posted messages on social media that he was planning to attack Fife Islamic Centre in Glenrothes.

The High Court in Edinburgh heard police who searched his home in Glenrothes found Imrie had acquired knives, nunchucks, an axe, a hammer, and a telescopic rife scope.

Man accused of plotting terror attack on Fife Islamic centre

Advocate depute Lisa Gillespie said officers also recovered a “manifesto” entitled the “Great Replacement” by far right terrorist Tarrant, who murdered 51 people in his March 2019 attacks in Christchurch.

They also recovered a manifesto by Anders Breivik who slaughtered 77 people in Norway in 2011.

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Man accused of plotting terror attack on Fife Islamic centre