A teenager has been found guilty of planning a mass murder at his former college.
Liam Lyburd, 19, who was accused of plotting a gun and bomb attack on Newcastle College in November last year, was convicted following a trial.
He had pleaded guilty to nine counts of possessing five pipe bombs, two explosive devices, CS gas, a 9mm handgun and 94 expanding bullets, but had denied eight charges of intent to endanger life.
The court heard during his trial that Lyburd blamed the college for his "miserable life" and making him look a "fool".
In a hate-filled note about his former college, which he deleted from his computer but was recovered by an IT specialist, Lyburd wrote he would show no mercy in the planned attack.
