A white supremacist from County Durham who manufactured poison in his home as he planned a deadly terror attack has died in prison.
Ian Foster Delaney (also known as Ian Davison) from Burnopfield was found dead in his HMP Frankland cell on November 4.
The 57-year-old neo-Nazi was jailed alongside his son at Newcastle Crown Court for producing a chemical weapon and terror offences.
The court heard that Delaney, a leading member of the Aryan Strike Force (ASF), created ricin at his home in 2006 or early 2007, which was later found by police in a jam jar during a raid.
He was handed a ten-year sentence, as detectives said he was "one step away from producing a terrorist event which could have been catastrophic".
Prosecutor Andrew Edis KC told the court at the time: "(Delaney) was a leading member of the ASF, which was a neo-Nazi organisation dedicated to using violence.
"They were followers of the ideology of Adolf Hitler, who they revered."
He said Davison Sr intended to perpetrate acts of terrorism and the ricin he made would be "used in pursuit in the cause espoused by the group".
There was "no evidence of any particular targets having been identified".
He was released in 2014 - but ended up back behind bars again in 2024 for breaching his release conditions, possessing child abuse images and growing cannabis.
An inquest into his death was opened by Senior Coroner for County Durham and Darlington Jeremy Chipperfield on Tuesday (February 3), and heard his death was linked to epilepsy.
Coroners' officer Alexis Blighe told the short hearing: "I understand the circumstances to be that Mr Delaney was found deceased in his prison cell at HMP Frankland.
"On November 8, 2025, Dr Nigel Cooper conducted a post-mortem examination at Newcastle RVI Mortuary and gave the cause of death as sudden unexpected death in epilepsy."
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The hearing was adjourned for a brief mention on March 24.
Delaney's then-19-year-old son Nicky Davison, of nearby Annfield Plain, was convicted of three counts of possessing material useful for acts of terror at a separate trial.
The charges related to downloading copies of books on how to make bombs, explosives, detonators, guns and silencers.
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