Ben John gives update on reading list after being handed suspended sentence for terrorism offence

A former student who was told to read classic literature after being convicted of a terrorism offence has told the sentencing judge he “enjoyed Shakespeare more than Jane Austen”.

Ben John, who downloaded almost 70,000 white supremacist documents and bomb-making instructions, was given a two-year suspended prison sentence at Leicester crown court in August last year.

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