Cameron Finnigan, 19, joined a satanic extremist group known as 764 in late 2023 and told one girl to hang herself “for me” on video so he could share it in the group’s online chat.
Finnigan, from Horsham, West Sussex, appeared at the Old Bailey on Tuesday after pleading guilty to five charges in March 2024... Continue reading here ▶
He was charged with encouraging suicide online, possessing a document for terrorist purposes, having indecent images of children, and two counts of criminal damage.
Mr Justice Jay handed down a sentence of six years in jail with an extended license period of three years.
The 764 group has links to the Nazi occultist group, the Order of Nine Angels, which has been linked to a string of prosecutions.
Finnigan would communicate with its fellow members on Telegram, Discord and Snapchat.
The court heard how both groups were possibly building up to mass casualty events.
Under the username ACID, Finnigan chatted to a user, believed to be a young girl, who told him she was considering suicide. He encouraged her to hang herself using a rope while streaming it online so he and 764 could watch.
He also told the group’s fellow members that he was going to kill a homeless person living in a tent near his house, but police didn’t find evidence of this.
He was arrested in March 2024 on suspicion of threats to kill and possession of a firearm, but there was no evidence he ever had a gun, despite making claims to other 764 members.
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Police searched Finnigan’s home, where he lived with his adoptive mother, father, and biological sister, to find a large tapestry of the “Satanic Beast” in his bedroom.
They also uncovered knives, swastikas, pentagrams associated with satanism, and a punchbag with slash and stab marks.
There were indecent images of children on his electronic devices and content depicting murder, rape, mutilation, and interference with a foetus with the 764 logo.
Finnigan also filmed himself carving words onto a car bonnet and puncturing tyres with a kitchen knife.
Detective Chief Superintendent Claire Finlay told PA: “They’re [764] impacting on a number of international communities, predominantly based online. They appear to have a mixed ideology, which means that they don’t necessarily cross over into terrorism.
“It’s more about the individual themselves, but certainly what they do is they look to blackmail, threaten vulnerable victims, encourage them to commit suicide and then post it online and then they will claim it as the group for 764.
“Not only, in this case, the terrorism element but also the public protection and safeguarding issues. For us, it is a whole society approach.
“My plea is that if you’re aware of anyone who is looking at extremist content or you think is engaging with these types of groups, no matter if it’s any type of extremist group, then please do contact us.
“Cameron Finnigan was almost the worst-case scenario. We had to disrupt him due to a public safety threat.
But there’s lots of examples where we can actually intervene a lot sooner and that’s what we want to do. So any concerns, please don’t hesitate to contact us.”
