London – A neo-Nazi postman who targeted the Attorney General, government figures and others, in an Anthrax hoax has been jailed for four years.
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Brazilian-born loner Jefferson Azevedo, 45, posted waves of packages containing caustic soda and letters filled with “racist and depraved” threats to his victims.
Azevedo’s targets included Government figures and an elderly man whose family was wiped out in the Holocaust.
“He wanted to bring what he said was the problem to the wider British public. He said he had the idea from the US when anthrax had been sent through the post to various people in that country.”
One person was slightly burnt by the chemicals stuffed into parcels, another suffered a skin rash, and many people were left “extremely frightened”.
At London’s Southwark Crown Court Azevedo, of Portsmouth, pleaded guilty to 19 charges. One, under the Criminal Law Act, accused him of “placing an article with intent.” Eight Anti-Terrorism Act counts and the other nine, under the Malicious Communications Act.