14-year-old boy accused of plotting Yorkshire school massacre 'would play God', court told

A school pupil has been accused of plotting a 'Columbine -style' gun attack on a Northallerton school.

A 14-year-old boy who allegedly thought up a plan to kill students and teachers at his school kept a diary in which he said he would "play god", a court has heard.

The book, which was seized during a police search at the teenager's home in October 2017, also describes the human race as a "vile species which needs to die out".

-> Also in court: Ring and bring crack cocaine and heroin dealers jailedOne passage reads: "Everyone is filthy and deserve to be shot, including me. I'll play the role of god and decide who a let live and die (sic)."

"The Human condition is a curse and burden," it adds.

The boy, who is co-accused with a friend of plotting to kill innocent people at their school in Northallerton, North Yorkshire, said he owned and solely wrote the book during a police interview which was conducted on the same day it was found.

On Friday, jurors at Leeds Crown Court heard extracts from the interview, in which the boy claimed the diary "was not intended for anyone else to see".

"You have to understand that it was all hypothetical, just thoughts and feelings," he said.

He admitted he had written about how he would "obliterate" his school, and had assembled a list of "stuff we need", including napalm, firearms and pipe bombs.