A 14-YEAR-OLD Blackburn boy accused of encouraging a man in Australia to carry out a terrorist beheading and attack a war remembrance event has been remanded in youth detention.

The teenager, thought to be the youngest charged with Islamist-related terror offences in the UK, was arrested last weekend over an alleged Anzac Day plot.

He was remanded in custody to youth detention accommodation by District Judge Emma Arbuthnot at Westminster Magistrates’ Court in London.

The boy, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, was charged yesterday with two counts of inciting terrorism overseas.

Between March 15 and 26 he is said to have incited another person to commit an act of terrorism, ‘namely to carry out an attack at an Anzac parade in Australia with the aim of killing and/or causing serious injury to people’.

It is alleged that he encouraged an 18-year-old to target police at an Anzac Day parade in Melbourne.

It is also said that on March 18 he incited the man to behead a member of the public in Australia.

The boy, dressed in a police-issue grey tracksuit, spoke in a soft voice and stood with his arms folded as he confirmed his name, age and address.

He was flanked by two police officers in the dock while a family member sat in court.

Later, the boy appeared briefly at the Old Bailey and his case was adjourned until May 14 at the same court.

Mr Justice Saunders said it was intended for the case to be heard in Manchester.

Anzac Day was established to mark the anniversary of the start of the First World War Gallipoli campaign and ceremonies are held on April 25 each year in memory of Australian and New Zealand soldiers who have died in battle.

n A TEENAGER appeared at the Old Bailey yesterday charged with preparing for acts of terrorism after he was arrested following a trip to Turkey.

Ednane Mahmood, 18, of Plane Street, Bastwell, Blackburn, was stopped at Manchester Airport upon his return and is also alleged to have downloaded a terror publication.

He was charged following investigations by Lancashire Police and counter terrorism agencies.

Police have said his case and that of the 14-year-old who appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court are not connected.