A would-be suicide bomber has been given another jail sentence after being caught with knuckle-dusters and a stun gun.
Connor Ward was detained for three years in 2012 after admitting possessing an explosive substance at his north-east home and making threats.
The 22-year-old was also given a 12-month supervised release order by a High Court judge.
He appeared at Peterhead Sheriff Court last month and admitted importing numerous packages of knuckle-dusters and owning the stun gun between November 19, 2013, and November 21, 2014.
And yesterday he was back at the High Court in Edinburgh for breaching his supervised release order.
Judge Lord Uist told him: “You have pled guilty in the sheriff court to offences which were committed during the unexpired portion of the sentence which I imposed on you.”
The judge said the new crimes were “quite deliberate offences” and a clear breach of the unexpired part of his previous sentence.
Lord Uist ordered that he be returned to prison for 12 months – and said that would be served before any sentence imposed by a sheriff for the new offences he has admitted.
Ward first appeared before the judge after police raided his Banff home and found an array of chemicals and recipes for making explosive devices.
Neighbours were evacuated from their homes while Ward’s flat in Water Lane was searched by bomb disposal experts.
He had claimed he had made a bomb which he intended to use to kill his father, who had a child with a woman who had previously had a relationship with Ward.
Lord Uist told Ward in 2012: “It is clear that you harbour a deep hatred for your father as you told the police that it was your intention to kill him, and also yourself, by means of a bomb.”
Ward’s mother had found the “Do-it-yourself Gunpowder Cookbook” on a table at her son’s home and jotted down names typed on the labels of bottles in the flat and took the note to police.
Ward is due to be sentenced for the new crimes later this month.
His counsel, advocate Moira Mackenzie, urged the judge to exercise his discretion by not sending Ward – who has a history of mental health problems – to jail under a return order.
She said: “He fully expects a custodial sentence for the new offences.
“He is somebody who remains acutely vulnerable.”