This country (the UK) has gone to shit. Discuss.

[CCTV]

Merseyside Police Chief Constable Serena Kennedy said at a news briefing on Tuesday she recognised that "these new charges may lead to speculation".

But for the Southport attack to be classed as terrorism, motivation would need to be established, according to police.

"The matter for which Axel Rudakubana has been charged under the Terrorism Act does not require motive to be established," said Ms Kennedy.

[CCTV]

Essentially they can charge him with terrorism due to him holding ricin a toxic biological weapon, without proving a terrorist motivation and same for the terrorism manual.

To upgrade the mental health episode stabbing/slicing/murdering of children to a terrorist attack would require the police to establish a terrorist motive for the attack.

Seemingly ricin and a terrorist manual has been deemed inadequate in establishing the attack and murder of children as a terrorist attack.

[redebreck]

Merseyside Police Chief Constable Serena Kennedy said at a news briefing on Tuesday she recognised that "these new charges may lead to speculation".

But for the Southport attack to be classed as terrorism, motivation would need to be established, according to police.

"The matter for which Axel Rudakubana has been charged under the Terrorism Act does not require motive to be established," said Ms Kennedy.

Essentially they can charge him with terrorism due to him holding ricin a toxic biological weapon, without proving a terrorist motivation and same for the terrorism manual.

To upgrade the mental health episode stabbing/slicing/murdering of children to a terrorist attack would require the police to establish a terrorist motive for the attack.

Seemingly ricin and a terrorist manual has been deemed inadequate in establishing the attack and murder of children as a terrorist attack.

completely defies logic
tick-box mentality