Overview
- Sakhile Ntsele, 19, was sentenced at Inner London Crown Court to four years in prison with an extra five years on licence following convictions for making explosives and firearm possession.
- Police uncovered the cache during a domestic welfare call in October 2024 that led to seven improvised explosive devices and five homemade guns with ammunition.
- One gun he built from wood and iron pipes was tested by officers and found to work and to pose a serious risk of harm.
- Investigators documented hundreds of hours of searches and tutorial videos and tied him to purchases of steel balls and potassium nitrate made with a relative’s credit card under pseudonyms.
- The Met highlighted earlier contact in 2021 over 55 rounds of ammunition and used the case to urge parents to monitor what children view and buy online.