A 'Neo-Nazi' has confessed plotting to murder a Labour MP with a machete because she supported immigration - but has denied being a member of National Action.
National Action was said to have engaged in 'virulently racist, anti-semitic and homophobic propaganda' to stir up a 'race war' against ethnic minorities since 2013.
Jack Renshaw, 24, today admitted preparing an act of terrorism by buying a machete to kill West Lancashire MP Rosie Cooper, 68. He denies being part of National Action.
Renshaw is on trial at the Old Bailey in London with Andrew Clarke, 34, and Michael Trubini, 25, who are also accused of being part of the proscribed group.
The court heard today that Renshaw's motivation for the attack was 'white jihad'.
Jack Renshaw (left), 24, of Skelmersale, Lancashire, has admitted preparing for a terrorist act by buying a machete to kill Labour MP Rosie Cooper (right)
The organisation is hostile to democracy and the British state and has sought to radicalise young people through violent imagery and 'hate-filled' social media messages, as well as street demonstrations and intimidation of local communities.
It was declared a proscribed group by then-Home Secretary Amber Rudd on 16 December 2016 following the group's declaration of support for the murder of Batley and Spen MP Jo Cox.
The trio's trial today heard Renshaw met National Action members at a pub in Warrington on July 1 2017, where the northwest branch of the organisation would hold regular events before they were banned.
Prosecutors said it was at this meeting that he told the group he was planning to kill Ms Cooper because she supports immigration. He said he had already bought a machete.
Prosecuting, Duncan Atkinson QC told the court: 'That weapon, which its marketing online described as offering '19 inches of unprecedented piercing and slashing power at a bargain price' was later found by police in the airing cupboard of an address where Renshaw and been staying.'
Mr Atkinson claimed all three on trial continued to be members of National Action after it was banned.
