A teenager has been sentenced to three-and-a-half years, with a further year of supervision, after claiming to have joined a banned neo-Nazi group. The 16-year-old-boy from Northumberland, who cannot be named because of his age, was found guilty of being part of the paramilitary group The Base, which believes in race war and white supremacy. He was also convicted of possessing and sharing terror publications and sentenced at Leeds Crown Court. The jury was unable to agree a verdict on a charge that he was planning a terror attack on Newcastle synagogues and the prosecution said it would not apply for a retrial on that count. Counter terror police raided the teenager's home in February 2025, when he was 15, and discovered an "arsenal" of weapons, including a crossbow, knives and a gas-powered air pistol. Police said he was part of extreme right-wing online chat groups on platforms such as Telegram, Snapchat, TikTok and Wire.…