Johannes Natland Gets 20 Years for UK Murder Plot Worth 270,000 Kroner
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Updated · bbc.co.uk · Oct 16
Johannes Natland Gets 20 Years for UK Murder Plot Worth 270,000 Kroner
3 articles · Updated · bbc.co.uk · Oct 16
Summary
Woolwich Crown Court sentenced Norwegian teenager Johannes Natland, 19, to 20 years' detention after a jury convicted him of conspiring to murder an unidentified target in England.
Prosecutors said Natland was recruited by the Foxtrot Network and promised 270,000 Norwegian kroner — about £21,000 — to travel to the UK and carry out the killing.
March 2025 police found him in a Huddersfield hotel with two working handguns and 19 live rounds, after Norwegian police uncovered messages about the plot and triggered a cross-border race to stop it.
Border Force had told Natland to return home after stopping him at Manchester Airport, but he instead collected cash, guns and a stolen car with false plates before counterterrorism officers arrested him.
The target was never identified, but UK police said Foxtrot — sanctioned by Britain and the US for links to Iran — remains under investigation along with suspected local helpers.