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+category: "Extremism & Violent Networks"
+tags:
+  - Person
+  - NeoNazi
+  - O9A
+  - 764Network
+  - UK
+  - TerroristConviction
+  - Accelerationism
+  - Satanism
+  - WestSussex
+location: "Horsham, West Sussex, England"
+created: 2026-05-22
+updated: 2026-05-22
+summary: "Cameron Finnigan was a 19-year-old from Horsham convicted in January 2025 at the Old Bailey of possessing a terrorism manual and encouraging a young woman to livestream her suicide, sentenced to six years as a member of the 764 network, which Counter Terrorism Policing described as posing an immense threat."
+---
+
+Cameron Finnigan, 19, of Horsham, West Sussex, joined the [[764 Network|764]] online extremist network in late 2023. [[Counter Terrorism Policing]] became aware of him in March 2024 following intelligence about his online activity. He pleaded guilty on 4 October 2024 to five counts. He was sentenced at the [[Central Criminal Court]] (Old Bailey) on 16 January 2025 by Mr Justice Jay to six years' imprisonment followed by three years' extended licence.[^1]
+
+### Offences
+
+The five counts to which Finnigan pleaded guilty were:
+
+One count of possessing a document for terrorist purposes under section 58 of the [[Terrorism Act 2000]]: an 11-page PDF document outlining how to carry out vehicle ramming ("truck attacks") and providing attack planning information for knife and firearm mass-casualty events.
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+One count of doing an act capable of encouraging or assisting suicide under section 2 of the [[Suicide Act 1961]] as amended: Finnigan had communicated with a young woman via [[Telegram]], encouraging her to die by suicide and asking her to livestream the act to members of his online group.
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+Two counts of criminal damage.
+
+One count of possessing indecent images of children.
+
+### Sentencing Remarks and Risk Assessment
+
+Mr Justice Jay applied a 25% reduction to the overall sentence to account for Finnigan's youth and documented mental health issues. He assessed Finnigan as posing a high risk of serious harm to the public, including children. The sentencing remarks are published on the Courts and Tribunals Judiciary website.[^1]
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+Counter Terrorism Policing issued a public statement in connection with the sentencing describing 764 as posing "an immense threat" and characterising its ideology as "Satanic extremist" with "militant accelerationist (extreme right wing)" characteristics.[^2]
+
+### 764 and O9A
+
+764 is a decentralised online network documented extensively in the [[764 Network]] vault entry. Its connection to [[Order of Nine Angles]] (O9A) is ideological and aesthetic rather than organisational: 764 adopted O9A visual symbolism and the structural logic of O9A's [[Insight Roles]] concept, in which committing crimes functions as a form of spiritual initiation. The [[ISD]] characterised O9A materials as having "directly influenced the operational practices of 764." Finnigan's case is the first publicly named 764-specific UK terrorism conviction where the defendant was prosecuted under section 58 for possession of attack-planning material rather than for content relating to a proscribed organisation.
+
+### Footnotes
+
+[^1]: R v Cameron Finnigan, Sentencing Remarks, Central Criminal Court, 16 January 2025. Mr Justice Jay. https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/R-v-Finnigan.pdf; Sussex Police. "Man sentenced for terror offences." January 2025. https://www.sussex.police.uk/news/sussex/news/court-results/man-sentenced-for-terror-offences/
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+[^2]: Counter Terrorism Policing. "Cameron Finnigan Sentencing." LinkedIn, January 2025. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/counter-terrorism-policing_cameron-finnigan-sentencing-activity-7285970499417849858-0K5p; Counter Terror Business. "'Satanist' teenager jailed for terrorism offences." January 17, 2025. https://counterterrorbusiness.com/news/17012025/satanist-teenager-jailed-terrorism-offences