Ten years for racist who made ricin

Racist Ian Davison, 42, manufactured enough ricin to kill nine people and kept it for two years.

The 42-year-old was jailed at Newcastle Crown Court yesterday alongside his teenage son Nicky, who was a fellow member of a group known as the Aryan Strike Force.

Davison Jnr was sentenced to two years in a young offenders' institution.

Davison Snr, of Burnopfield, County Durham, previously admitted producing a chemical weapon, preparing acts of terrorism, three counts of possessing material useful to commit acts of terror and one count of possessing a prohibited weapon.

His 19-year-old son, of Annfield Plain, County Durham, was convicted of three counts of possessing material useful for acts of terror following a trial a fortnight ago.

The court heard the ricin, for which there is no known antidote, was found when police raided the property in June last year and was now stored at the UK's Porton Down chemical weapons centre.

Davison Snr researched how to make the killer chemical and then followed instructions, having bought its easily-sourced ingredients.

Neither father nor son reacted in the dock as both were jailed.