| “ | I am most definitely not guilty of that, but on advice I will plead guilty | „ |
| ~ Connor entering guilty plea |
Christine Connor is a Northern Irish terrorist who bombed police officers in May 2013. She posed online as a Swedish supermodel to lure a British man into joining her plot; he took his own life prior to trial. Connor was jailed in 2017.
On May 16, 2013 Connor made a hoax 999 emergency call to lure police officers.[1] She threw pipe bombs at responding police, but they failed to explode.[2]
She performed a similar attack two weeks later on May 28.[1] This time she was accompanied by Stuart Downes, a 31-year-old British man.[3] She lured Downes by posing as a Swedish supermodel,[4] using an online profile with photos she had found of Swedish model, fashion designer, and blogger Sanne Andersson.[2] A hoax 999 call lured officers to the aid of a vulnerable woman in Crumlin Road, Belfast.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Belfast woman Christine Connor pleads guilty to terrorist offences including police murder bid - The Belfast Telegraph
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 'Lone wolf' dissident Christine Connor posed as model to lure murder-bid accomplice - Irish News
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 British man lured into hurling bombs at Irish police by dissident Republican posing as a supermodel - The Telegraph
- ↑ 'Lone-wolf dissident' Connor admits terror charges - BBC
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