英国一家法院因一名前陆军厨师持有用于“恐怖主义目的”的武器，判处其近四年监禁。
A British court has handed a former army chef a nearly four-year jail term for possessing weapons for “terrorist purposes”.
马克·布罗德赫斯特（Mark Broadhurst），28岁，于周三在英格兰谢菲尔德王室法院（Sheffield Crown Court）被判刑，时间点为警方在两年前发现他在网上发布表达种族主义观点并意图向右翼团体出售自制枪支的消息之后。
Mark Broadhurst, 28, was given the sentence on Wednesday at Sheffield Crown Court in England, two years after police uncovered online messages in which he expressed racist views and an intention to sell homemade firearms to right-wing groups.
警方在2024年9月将布罗德赫斯特拘留时，在他住所发现了一批武器库存，包括刀刃和弩、黑火药、弹药、空气手枪，以及官员描述为“即兴自制炮”的装置。
Police found a stockpile of weapons at Broadhurst’s home address when they took him into custody in September 2024, including knives and crossbows, black powder, ammunition, air pistols and what officials described as “an improvised homemade cannon”.
这名前英国陆军成员还被发现是一个在线聊天群组的成员，该群组另有三名男子去年因计划在清真寺或犹太教堂实施他们认为即将到来的“种族战争”部分的“恐怖主义”袭击而被判入狱。
The former British Army member was also found to be part of an online chat group with three other men who last year were jailed for planning to carry out a “terrorist” attack at mosques or synagogues as part of what they believed to be a coming “race war”.
英国公共检察署（Crown Prosecution Service, CPS）特别犯罪部门负责人弗兰克·弗格森（Frank Ferguson）表示，布罗德赫斯特“显然对暴力感兴趣，并致力于研发能够对无辜者造成不可估量伤害的武器”。
Frank Ferguson, head of the special crime division of the UK’s public prosecution agency, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), said Broadhurst was “clearly interested in violence and developing weapons that had the ability to cause untold harm to innocent people”.
负责东北地区“反恐”警务的侦探总监詹姆斯·邓克利（James Dunkerley）表示，布罗德赫斯特被发现持有“极端右翼思想”，并且“主动订购用于制造爆炸物的零部件”。
Detective Chief Superintendent James Dunkerley, who heads “counterterror” policing in the northeastern region, said Broadhurst was found to be harbouring an “extreme right-wing mindset” and was “proactively ordering components to make explosives”.
布罗德赫斯特认罪，承认持有枪支以及在可疑情况下持有爆炸物，但否认这些是用于“恐怖主义”目的。然而，法官裁定布罗德赫斯特的罪行与“恐怖主义”有关联。
Broadhurst pleaded guilty to firearm possession and possessing an explosive under suspicious circumstances, but denied they were for “terrorism” purposes. A judge, however, ruled that Broadhurst’s offences were connected to “terrorism”.
他的定罪发生在英国种族紧张局势和仇恨犯罪上升的背景下，边缘化群体越来越成为攻击目标。
His conviction comes against a backdrop of rising racial tensions and hate crimes in the UK, with marginalised communities increasingly targeted.
英国警方在7月逮捕了12人，涉及针对英格兰东部伊斯兰集会的“极端右翼恐怖主义威胁”。
British police in July arrested 12 people in connection with an “extreme right-wing terrorism threat” targeting an Islamic gathering in eastern England.
六个月前，英国检方表示，他们正在处理警方转交的仇恨犯罪案件数量，创下历史最高纪录。
Six months earlier, UK prosecutors said they were handling the highest number of hate crime cases referred by police in its history.