LONDON, Nov 7: Police have charged a 43-year-old man with possessing explosive materials and a Nazi handbook following his arrest last week at Lowestoft railway station in Suffolk.

Neil Lewington, from Reading, is accused of travelling illegally from Reading to Lowestoft with two improvised explosive devices, firelighters, seven timers, four containers of sodium chlorate weed killer and three tennis balls.

The charges accuse Lewington of carrying the items for the “commission, preparation, or instigation of an act of terrorism”.

He is also charged over his possession of a Waffen SS UK members’ handbook, a book called “Counter Bomb”, a folder of drawings and handwritten notes and other notebooks.

He appeared at Westminster Magistrates Court on Friday charged with 10 terrorism offences and one offence under the explosives act.

He spoke only to confirm his name and address and was remanded to appear at the Old Bailey for a preliminary hearing on Nov 28, the Press Association reported.—Reuters

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