A man accused of preparing to commit acts of terrorism and suggesting online that he planned to attack the Fife Islamic Centre will stand trial next year. Sam Imrie, 22, allegedly acquired knives, nunchucks, a hammer, a baseball bat, a rifle scope and petrol, which he referred to as his "arsenal", between June 20 and July 4 this year.
He is accused of posting statements on the internet platform Telegram indicating he planned to stream live footage of an incident and posted statements suggesting he was going to carry out an attack on the Fife Islamic Centre in Glenrothes.
It is also alleged he recorded and compiled details of terrorist attacks on places of worship.
Imrie denied all the charges against him when he appeared at the High Court in Glasgow on Thursday.
It is alleged that, intending to commit acts of terrorism, he engaged in conduct in preparation at various places in Glenrothes and Markinch in Fife and elsewhere between June 20 and July 4.
Prosecutors claim he repeatedly tried to get into the Fife Islamic Centre and uploaded photographs and video footage of the centre to Telegram, and also set fire to property at Strathore Lodge in Thornton and St Drostan's Cemetery in Markinch.
They allege he went to the Fife Islamic Centre in a car with a can of petrol, carried out observations there and made recordings of the centre and surrounding area on his phone.
It is alleged he also created and possessed Nazi, neo-Nazi, anti-Muslim, anti-Semitic and other racist or violent images; text and audio files plus a quantity of images that glorified terrorism, and that he was also in possession of texts by convicted terrorists Anders Breivik and Brenton Tarrant.
Imrie is also accused of publishing or causing another person to publish statem
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