Terrorism - the legal definition

The CPS guidance is here User Posted Link .

The key elements of the definition under the Terrorism Act 2000 are:

Involves serious violence ✅

Designed to intimidate a section of the public ✅

Undertaken “for the purpose of advancing a political, religious or ideological cause” ❌

I would have thought that this act fails that last stage and thus is not within the legal definition of terrorism. This chap wasn’t “advancing a cause” in the way that ISIS is (ie trying to build a caliphate) - he was simply expressing his religious or racial hatred. He's not trying to advance any cause.

Posted By: Old Git, Jun 19, 12:01:27