Bishop had instructions on how to build explosives when he was arrested by counter terror police after he revealed his plans to his key worker.He had researched the Manchester, London Bridge and Paris terror attacks using a phone he bought on October 18.Bishop had also repeatedly searched for memorials to the youngest victim of the Manchester Arena attack – eight-year-old Saffie-Rose Roussos.
A second donation for the same amount made the same day was accompanied by the comment: ‘I’m in love with my buitiful Saffie god bless you xx.’Bishop also searched the ‘Find a Grave’ website looking for Saffie-Rose’s resting place.He commented ‘god bless little Saffie’ on a Facebook video called ‘Standing for Britain’ which featured some of the victims of the Manchester attack, adding: ‘Don’t worry something bad is going to happen soon mark my words.
Bishop, who has a history of mental health problems, was arrested on October 29, 2018 after he showed one of his key workers images of objects he said he was collecting to build ‘a bomb’ to target a mosque.