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    Teen planned on killing at least 30 school children

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    • Teen planned on killing at least 30 school children in Luton to be remembered as vigilante serial killer
    • Nicholas Prosper, 19, murdered his mother, sister, and brother in Luton, UK, and planned a school shooting targeting at least 30 children, according to court details
    • The prosecutor described his actions as cold and premeditated, highlighting extensive research into mass shootings globally to achieve notoriety
    • Despite having autism spectrum disorder, Prosper exhibited a disturbing lack of empathy and remorse, as he meticulously planned his family’s murder for over a year

    Teen who murdered family planned on killing at least 30 school children

    A 19-year-old who murdered his family and wanted to be the worst mass killer the UK has seen, had obtained 33 cartridges to carry out an attack on his former school, a court has heard.

    Nicholas Prosper shot his mother Juliana Falcon, 48, sister Giselle, 13, and shot and stabbed his brother Kyle, 16, at their family home in Luton on 13 September last year.

    But he did not plan on stopping there, according to prosecutor Timothy Cray KC, who told Luton Crown Court he had prepared the murders “for months” and wanted to kill at least 30 schoolchildren.

    “His planning was cold, deliberate and without sympathy or emotion towards the actual victims or potential victims,” he said, speaking at Prosper’s sentencing.

    He research on shootings in the United States of America

    His “main wish”, however, was to “achieve lasting notoriety as a mass killer”, Mr Cray added, specifically to “imitate and even surpass other mass killers around the world”.

    “He had conducted in-depth internet research on shootings in the United States of America, Norway, Australia and New Zealand,” he said.

    “He understood his plans, if realised, would bring about the greatest number of deaths in a school or other mass shooting in the United Kingdom and possibly even in the United States of America.”

    Teen planned on killing at least 30 school children Neighbour of Nicholas Prosper: 'He seemed really chill and calm to me'
    Teen planned on killing at least 30 school children

    The investigation suggests that the defendant “acted alone”, he added, and “his plans did not arise from any political or ideological cause”.

    Prosper had undiagnosed autism spectrum disorder (ASD), the court heard, but he showed “extreme lack of empathy with others and an extreme lack of remorse” that can’t be explained by ASD alone.

    Gruesome murders

    Prosper never reached St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School, which was three-quarters of a mile from his home, as police arrested him after he escaped to a wooded area.

    After he left, officers broke into his family flat at about 5.50am, following a call from a neighbour.

    There, the court heard they found Prosper’s little sister underneath a dining table in the living room, “as if she had been trying to hide there”.

    His mother and brother – who was stabbed more than 100 times – were both found in the hallway.

    Giselle Prosper (left), Juliana Prosper (centre), Kyle Prosper (right) found dead in a flat in Luton, Leabank, on Friday 13 September 2024. Pic: family pics issued via Bedfordshire police
    Image: Giselle Prosper (left), Juliana Prosper (centre) and Kyle Prosper. Pic: family pics issued via Bedfordshire police

    He had planned to kill his family in their sleep, but when his mother realised something was wrong and challenged him, it led to “an extended violent struggle”.

    After the horrific and noisy attack on his family members, Prosper knew police would be on their way and so had to leave three hours earlier than he had anticipated.

    The teenager was then arrested by a passing police patrol as he walked along a residential road in Luton.

    He had hidden the shotgun and cartridges nearby.

    Plans long in the making

    Prosper admitted their murders at a hearing last month, as well as purchasing a shotgun without a certificate, possession of a shotgun with intent to endanger life and possession of a kitchen knife in a public place.

    These killings were planned for more than a year, the court heard, with Prosper managing to buy a shotgun with a fake firearms certificate.

    He had put together a black and yellow uniform he wanted to wear for his killing spree, and he had filmed a video of himself holding a plank of wood as a mock gun.

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