A teenager who murdered three members of his family also planned to carry out one of the biggest massacres of the 21st Century, a court had heard. Nicholas Prosper used a shotgun to kill his mother ...

He was prevented from seeing through the scheme “by chance and circumstance alone”, Mr Cray said. Investigators found he had researched other mass school shooters, their manifestos and had an ...

The court heard that his main wish was for “lasting notoriety”. Mr Cray said: “Specifically, he wanted to imitate and even surpass other mass killers around the world. “He had conducted in ...

A knife was found in his pocket. Mr Cray said Prosper had planned the attacks for months and that his preparation was “cold, deliberate and without sympathy or emotion towards the actual victims ...

Prosecutor Mr Cray told the court: "The defendant purchased a pair of black gym shoes with a bright yellow sole on Amazon. The outfit was important to him and he had made it distinctive like some ...