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The Masjid Al Noor Mosque on Deans Ave, where the Christchurch shooting carried out their attack. (File photo)
A young man who had spoken online about the Christchurch mosque shooter video told others that he adored the gunman and wanted to complete his mission.
The teenager received the video after the shooting and downloaded it to his computer.
On Facebook, he also said that the shooter was his hero and told people that he adored him and admired his work.
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“My purpose is to recruit people and complete … [the shooter’s] mission”
In Superior Court last month, the shooter was jailed for life without parole on 51 counts of murder, 40 counts of attempted murder and one count of committing a terrorist act.
In November last year, the US FBI detained the 15-year-old online talking about a mass shooting attack he was planning with another user he was talking to and claiming it would be New Zealand’s second mass murder. . He said they had chosen a date for it.
The US authorities feared that there was an imminent risk and requested the IP address to show where the people were. One was the young man at his home in Porirua.
He had shared the file with other people and made derogatory comments about Muslims and Arabs and made short video clips on his cell phone.
The young man, who cannot be identified under the rules of the Juvenile Court, had been charged with possessing and copying objectionable material.
A third count of possession of a firearm was dropped by Juvenile Court Judge Mary O’Dwyer at the request of the police.
The judge fired him in Hutt Valley Juvenile Court on Wednesday and said he remembered him when he had come to court scared and anxious.
A discharge in Juvenile Court means there is no conviction record.
The video became an objectionable post in the wake of the shooting of Chief Censor David Shanks on March 18 last year due to its depiction and promotion of extreme violence and terrorism.
The teenager’s attorney, Louise Sziranyi, said she did not deny the charges and that she had now lived without the Internet for nearly a year as part of her bail conditions.
She said that she had made great strides and was now in a very different place. Last year she had been very anxious and it would have been almost impossible to face the court. But now she had gone to court and done very well.
“He has also learned that life is more than living on the Internet, that it is healthier to have a bigger life and a bigger world.”
The young man had written a letter of apology, had done a special project around the Internet world, and was receiving a lot of support, along with help from doctors.
Judge O’Dwyer said the charges were very serious, but that the young man now had very little interest in the Internet and did not need it in his life.
“At that time he was going through a very bad time, he was very anxious, he had difficulty expressing himself,” said the judge.
The young man said that it had been very difficult to stay away from the Internet, but that he had learned that what the shooter was doing was a disaster and that there was more to life.
“I couldn’t leave the house, I don’t even care about the Internet, I just miss the freedom to go see friends whenever I want.”
He said he was a different person.
