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TUESDAY, JULY 15, 2025
UK teen who planned school massacre jailed for minimum 49 years

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19 March, 2025, 09:00 pm
Last modified: 19 March, 2025, 09:01 pm

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UK teen who planned school massacre jailed for minimum 49 years

"Your ambition was notoriety. You wanted to be known posthumously as the world's most famous school shooter of the 21st century," said judge Bobbie Cheema-Grubb as she sentenced 19-year-old Nicholas Prosper, who was 18 at the time of the killings

BSS/AFP
19 March, 2025, 09:00 pm
Last modified: 19 March, 2025, 09:01 pm
The killer who wanted to become the most notorious school shooter of the world. Photo: BSS/AFP
The killer who wanted to become the most notorious school shooter of the world. Photo: BSS/AFP

A UK teenager who killed three family members and planned to outdo notorious US massacres to become "the world's most famous school shooter of the 21st century" was today (19 march) jailed for a minimum of 49 years.

"Your ambition was notoriety. You wanted to be known posthumously as the world's most famous school shooter of the 21st century," said judge Bobbie Cheema-Grubb as she sentenced 19-year-old Nicholas Prosper, who was 18 at the time of the killings.

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