A Cambridgeshire neo-nazi sympathiser, already convicted of serious child pornography offences, has been found guilty of a range of terrorism-related and firearms offences.
Paul Page, aged 51, pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey on Monday in an ongoing case in which he had admitted at an earlier trial to possession of a large amount of child pornography.
It was Page’s paedophile activity that led Cambridgeshire Police to his door in Littleport, Cambridgeshire in May 2023.
He had previous conviction for paedophile offences in the USA which led to his activities being monitored by police. It had been discovered that he had been accessing child pornography online in this country.
Police discovered 254 illegal images, including 109 Category A images, the most extreme forms of child pornography. This category includes acts of rape of children and other acts of sadistic violence against
them.
However, ten days later while he was still on bail for the child pornography offences, police were alerted to the contents of his shed.
There police found manuals with instructions on making bombs and firearms, including a sub-machine gun. They also found several chemicals which, combined together, could make a dangerous and viable explosive device. In addition, there were some 600 weapons.
Some were legal memorabilia but there were also a large number or prohibited items. These included landmines, grenades, rifles, pistols and ammunition.
An Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Unit had to be called in to deal with them. Police seized 25 firearms and nearly 49 other items.
Given what was found, 15 local residents and their children and pets had to be evacuated to a local church till police determined it was safe for them to return to their homes.
Page denied to police he has extreme-right wing views. This was despite having a white supremacist tattoo, an email address using Neo-Nazi numerals and a large amount of conspicuously displayed vintage Nazi paraphernalia.
Page had already pleaded guilty on in August 2023 to possession of a large amount of child pornography and several firearms offences. He then received a 20-month prison sentence.
In addition, he is subject to a 10-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order and will remain on the sex offender’s register for life.
At the Old Bailey on Monday, he pleaded guilty to two counts of possessing information likely to be useful to terrorists, two counts of possessing an explosive substance and several other firearms related charges. He will be sentenced for these remaining offences at the Old Bailey on 1 May.
