Improved of conspiracy theorists who referred to themselves as “Bonnie and Clyde with a field of matches” have been convicted of plotting to destroy 5G telephone masts and inciting assaults on MPs. Christine Grayson, 59 years outdated from York, and Darren Reynolds, 60 years previous from Sheffield, believed that 5G cellphone masts have been intended to be used as weapons in opposition to the public who had received the COVID-19 vaccine. Grayson had purchased two crossbows, whereas Reynolds attempted to reactivate duplicate assault rifles in preparation for what they believed to be the approaching collapse of society.
Reynolds, an electrician from Sheffield with a 28-year-old daughter and a grandchild, was found guilty of encouraging terrorism by advocating for attacks on MPs. Grayson, a divorced mother of two, was convicted of conspiracy to trigger criminal harm by planning to destroy 5G masts between May and June of last 12 months.
During the lockdown, Grayson frequented chatrooms on the encrypted Telegram app, the place she encountered flat earth theories and discussions about vaccines. Her two sons advised her to “stop listening to other folks, stay away from idiots, simply don’t hear,” in accordance with her testament in court.
Initially, Grayson collected signatures to try to remove a 5G mast near her house and filmed herself submitting “paperwork” at her local police station, demanding that they prosecute MPs over COVID vaccines. Reynolds, who operated a web-based Telegram group referred to as Constitutional Common Law England, became excited about conspiracy theories after the 9-11 assaults and stopped watching TV.
The duo held racist, antisemitic, and anti-authoritarian beliefs and regularly known as for MPs to be hanged for their “treasonous behaviour” related to vaccination insurance policies. Reynolds labelled Sir David Amess as a “traitor” the day after his murder and supported Thomas Mair’s “execution” of Jo Cox because of her “treason.”
On June 10, 2021, Grayson advised a Telegram user: “We can possibly eliminate the 5G towers, come up with summit collectively, maintain it between ourselves, we can cause some f**kery.” She mentioned numerous strategies for destroying 5G masts, including expanding foam, a substance called thermite, and angle grinders.
When police searched their homes on August 22 final yr, they found Grayson had a crossbow and a quantity of other crossbow bolts, while Reynolds had an M16 and an AK-47 replica assault rifle. Reynolds had inquired on-line about reactivating such firearms and had ordered a self-loading automated crossbow from a Harrogate business.
Reynolds was also found responsible of six counts of possession of material useful for terrorism and one depend of disseminating such material. Grayson, following her arrest, denied sharing Reynolds’s excessive ideologies and being a racist. She claimed that Boris Johnson, who was prime minister on the time, was “not even English, he’s Turkish, Jewish,” and that “English people” ought to be working the country..