Wolverhampton teenager bought car bomb to blow up parents after they disapproved of his new girlfriend

Gurtej Randhawa, 19, of Grove Lane, Wightwick, had attempted to purchase a Vehicle Borne Improvised Explosive Device (VBIED) – or a car bomb – from the dark web.

The former Wolverhampton Grammar School student had hatched the plan to kill his parents after his mother discovered he was having a relationship with a girl she disapproved of. He thought killing his parents would enable him and his girlfriend to stay together.

But he was arrested by National Crime Agency officers after they replaced the package he thought was a remote-detonated explosive device with a safe dummy.

Officers watched Randhawa test the device, which he had received in May 2017, before swooping and arresting him.