Teenager sentenced for plotting terrorist attack at Oasis’ comeback concert in Cardiff
A teenager has been sentenced for planning a terrorist attack at Oasis‘ first comeback show in Cardiff last July.
18-year-old McKenzie Morgan, who is from Cwmbran in Wales, plotted to recreate the crimes of Axel Rudakubana, who murdered three children at a dance class in Southport.
Morgan, who previously pled guilty to one count of possessing a document likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism, will face 14 months in a youth detention centre, a court has ruled.
After his sentence, Morgan must serve a further year on licence after his release and a Criminal Behaviour Order was imposed, preventing him from being able to attend locations where groups of children gather. He’s also been banned from attempting to buy knives.
Prosecutor Corinne Bramwell told the court that Morgan had praised Rudakubana in a series of Snapchat messages that he sent between April 7th and June 2nd in 2025. He also revealed that he wanted to carry out a similar attack and had been trying to create ricin, which is a deadly poison.
A friend who received one of these messages subsequently reported Morgan to the police.
Judge Sarah Whitehouse told the court that it was clear that Morgan’s ambition was to “emulate the Southport terrorist attacker”, per the BBC. Whitehouse also said that he was “vulnerable to being bullied, groomed and radicalised”.
Morgan, who possessed the same al-Qaeda manual as Rudakubana, had a note on his phone which was saved as “places to attack”, which included a local dance school in his area.
Additionally, he told friends on Snapchat about his desire to carry out an attack during the Oasis concert at the Principality Stadium on July 4th.
On June 2nd, Morgan, who was accompanied in court by five mental health nurses, confessed to his plans to carry out an attack on a psychiatric nurse and was arrested on the same day.
Morgan’s barrister, Michael Stradling, told the court on his client’s behalf: “I asked him what he wants to say and what I would describe as a true, heartfelt manner, he said that he wanted you to know that he is very sorry.”
Detective Superintendent Andrew Williams, of Counter Terrorism Policing Wales, said of the case, “The fact that he was heavily influenced by the perpetrator of one of the most horrific attacks this country has seen in recent times, is a terrifying indictment of the abhorrent commentary, hateful opinion and violent imagery that too many of our young people are exposed to via the myriad of online sites, chat forums, and gaming and social media platforms.”
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