Devon man, 20, jailed after sharing ‘extreme right-wing terrorist material’ online

A 20-year-old man from Devon, who owned and shared “extreme right-wing terrorist” publications, has been sentenced to five-and-a-half years in prison.

Tobias Gleed was found guilty of eight offences and sentenced at Winchester Crown Court on Thursday 17 April.

He was originally arrested in September 2022 as part of an investigation by Counter Terrorism Policing South West (CPTSW).

During the investigation, officers seized Gleed’s digital devices, which contained publications of an extreme right-wing terrorist nature.

Investigators saw this as evidence of his interest in extreme content.

Tobias Gleed was found guilty of:

Four offences of possession of a document of a kind likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism.

Two offences of distributing terrorist publications

Two offences of providing a service to others that enabled them to obtain, read or listen to a terrorist publication

Head of CTPSW, Detective Superintendent Sarah Robbins, described Gleed as a “threat to our communities.”

Following the sentencing, she said: “The impact of his offences, including the influence of the content he shared, cannot be underestimated.

“Such offences have a potentially dangerous, radicalising effect and it’s right he’s been convicted for his activity.”

She added: “I am thankful that, through the work of our unit, the evidence against Gleed has resulted in this outcome.”

Gleed was sentenced to five years and six months in prison. He will serve two-thirds of that sentence, with a further year under license.

Gleed was also given a five-year Serious Crime Prevention Order (SCPO). This means he’ll face various restrictions after leaving prison, which can affect who he can associate with, restrict his travel and may require him to report his financial affairs to the police.

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