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A neo-Nazi couple with four children, who bought a 3D printer and tried to make a handgun in the family home, have both been jailed after they were found guilty of firearms offences.
Liam Hall, 31, and Stacey Salmon, 30, lived on a council estate in Keighley, West Yorkshire, where police found the weapon in the kitchen, along with chemicals used to make bombs in pans on the stove.
Using a 3D printer, Hall had 'printed' plastic parts for the firearm, called the PG22 MkII, which could then be assembled together with metal components to create functional and lethal firearm.
Liam Hall, 31, was handed a six-year sentence for manufacturing a firearm and possessing a firearm after police discovered the illegal materials at his home on a council estate in Keighley, West Yorkshire
Stacey Salmon, 30, who also lived on the council estate in Keighley, West Yorkshire, was jailed for three years for making a 3d printed gun at home
An electric hot plate with black powder residue which had been used to manufacture explosives was found in the kitchen, but the couple told the court they were making rockets for their children during lockdown.
At Sheffield Crown Court, Hall was handed a six-year sentence for manufacturing a firearm and possessing a firearm and Salmon was jailed for three years for possessing a firearm.
They were aided in making the firearm by Hall's best friend, Daniel Wright, 30, who lived in the next street in Braithwaite, Keighley, and was a frequent visitor to the family home.
Wright had joined an encrypted chat room that put out far-right propaganda aimed at radicalising members, including children, and providing instructions on using weapons.
He was jailed for 12 years for manufacturing a firearm and possession of a stash of electronic publications, including terrorist manuals and books providing detailed instructions on killing and the manufacture of improvised explosives and firearms.
Salmon told the jury at Sheffield Crown Court that she had become interested in chemistry because she and her partner wanted to educate their children during lockdown
A fourth man, Samuel Whibley, 29, from Anglesey, North Wales, ran the chat room used by Wright and had researched the manufacture of another firearm, called a FGC-9, and posted links and a files online to enable others to manufacture the semi-automatic pistol-calibre carbine.
He was jailed for ten years on eight counts of encouragement of terrorism and disseminating terrorist material.
Annabel Darlow, QC, had told Sheffield Crown Court that the four defendants were members of an 'extreme fascist cell during the first four months of 2021'.
She told the jury that the four members 'embraced extreme right-wing propaganda and celebrated racist violence and killing'.
An image on Salmon's phone was found showing her with scarf wrapped around her face, making a Nazi salute and a second showing her wearing a face mask with a skull print, appropriated by the far right.
On the anniversary of Hitler's birth on April 20, 2021, Salmon sent Wright an image of a birthday cake with the words 'Happy Birthday Adolf Hitler' written in icing which Wright then shared on the telegram chat group.
Hall had 'printed' plastic parts for the firearm, called the PG22 MkII, which could then be assembled together with metal components to create functional and lethal firearm
In court, Hall confessed to believing that 'international Jews own the media' and admitted to being a fascist but said he was 'not a fan' of Nazis.
Asked if he had a hatred of Jews, Hall replied: 'No, a specific type of Jews - the bankers, the ruling class - but I wouldn't suggest I hate them, it is a very strong word, dislike is enough.'
Salmon told the jury at Sheffield Crown Court that she had become interested in chemistry because she and her partner wanted to educate their children during lockdown.
The chemicals found in the kitchen were for making rockets because she had become interested in Elon Musk's space programme and she purchased them on eBay, she said.
The couple had paid £134 for a 3D printer because Hall, a welder, wanted to make toys on it and, if he got good enough, to sell toys online, Salmon said.
She was asked why she had sent a message to Hall saying: 'Love you lots and hate the Jews' and explained that she had been watching lots of Youtube videos and developed a dislike of 'Zionists'.
Hall and Wright were found guilty of manufacturing the handgun and Wright was found guilty of possessing the firearm for terrorism after he boasted about it online to an undercover police officer.
