Ginger-haired fanatic hoped to 'put a bullet in Charles's head'

Mark Colborne, who felt 'marginalised' because of hair colour, allegedly planned to 'take out' the Prince of Wales. Photo / Getty

A ginger-haired fanatic wanted to kill Prince Charles in the hope that redhead Prince Harry would become king, a UK court has heard.

Mark Colborne hoped to "put a bullet in Charles's head" using a sniper rifle "for the Aryan people".

The 37-year-old is accused of planning a cyanide attack on ethnic minorities because he felt "belittled" by being white and having ginger hair.

But he also discussed killing the heir to the throne in a notebook seized from his house, the Old Bailey heard.

In it, he wrote: "I don't want to be a serial killer. I'm more of an Anders Breivik (the Norwegian mass killer). I have left potential targets open.

"I was waiting for an opportunity to kill one of them. Let it be Prince Charles which would be good."

He added: "Take up a good position and put a bullet in Charles's head. He is protected but not too protected. I would sacrifice my life for that one shot. Kill Charles and William and Harry become king. Kill the tyrants."

In one entry, dated May 20, 2012, he said: "I want to perform strategic coordinated different attacks on the system's tyrants and tyrants in and around the septic island."

The following year he wrote about finding information about building "nerve gases which are as deadly as small-yield nukes".

He added: "I'm stuck between committing mass destruction using a weapon of mass destruction and just targeting tyrants.

"I have often wanted to smear toxin on their door handles that in time seeps through their skin and kills them but doing it to more than one neighbour would arouse suspicion."

The court had heard how Mr Colborne, who suffered from depression and agoraphobia, trawled the internet for explosives and poisons.

He went on to acquire chemicals forming the essential ingredients for the deadly poison cyanide as well as stockpiling dust masks, metal filter funnels, plastic syringes and latex gloves.

But in June last year, the Right-winger's half brother, Kevin Colborne, alerted police after he uncovered the chemicals and papers detailing the racial hatred stashed amid the clutter of Mr Colborne's room at the family home in Southampton.

Mr Colborne denies preparing terrorist acts.

The trial continues