<p>A British teenager who planned a gun and bomb massacre at his former college has been jailed for life with a minimum of eight years, the media reported.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Liam Lyburd, 19, held a grudge against Newcastle College after he was expelled for bad behaviour just a month into a general access course, The Guardian reported.<br /><br />He retreated into a reclusive online world, rarely leaving his bedroom, and amassed a "kill bag" and formidable weapons including pipe bombs, a pistol and 94 hollow-tipped expanding bullets.<br /><br />He was sentenced on Friday at Newcastle crown court having admitted possessing the items and being found guilty of having them with intent to endanger life. <br /><br />Judge Paul Sloan said he was in no doubt Lyburd would have carried out his planned attack had he not been caught. <br /><br />"His emotional coldness and detachment and your lack of empathy to others was self-evident," Judge Sloan told the court.<br /><br />Police were alerted in November 2014 by a member of the public who was concerned about Facebook posts Lyburd made talking about launching a murderous attack. In his room they found the cache of weapons, the bag containing his overalls, mask, boots and pipe bombs, and incriminating evidence on his laptop.<br /><br />A deleted file was later recovered from Lyburd's computer in which he wrote about getting vengeance on the college which had kicked him out two years before.<br /><br />"You people ruined my whole life, don't expect me to show mercy today. No one disrespects me and gets away with it. I'll teach you people a little lesson on respect with my 9mm jacketed hollow points," he wrote.<br /><br />Police also found webcam pictures he took of himself dressed for combat, armed with a Glock and brandishing a knife.</p>
<p>A British teenager who planned a gun and bomb massacre at his former college has been jailed for life with a minimum of eight years, the media reported.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Liam Lyburd, 19, held a grudge against Newcastle College after he was expelled for bad behaviour just a month into a general access course, The Guardian reported.<br /><br />He retreated into a reclusive online world, rarely leaving his bedroom, and amassed a "kill bag" and formidable weapons including pipe bombs, a pistol and 94 hollow-tipped expanding bullets.<br /><br />He was sentenced on Friday at Newcastle crown court having admitted possessing the items and being found guilty of having them with intent to endanger life. <br /><br />Judge Paul Sloan said he was in no doubt Lyburd would have carried out his planned attack had he not been caught. <br /><br />"His emotional coldness and detachment and your lack of empathy to others was self-evident," Judge Sloan told the court.<br /><br />Police were alerted in November 2014 by a member of the public who was concerned about Facebook posts Lyburd made talking about launching a murderous attack. In his room they found the cache of weapons, the bag containing his overalls, mask, boots and pipe bombs, and incriminating evidence on his laptop.<br /><br />A deleted file was later recovered from Lyburd's computer in which he wrote about getting vengeance on the college which had kicked him out two years before.<br /><br />"You people ruined my whole life, don't expect me to show mercy today. No one disrespects me and gets away with it. I'll teach you people a little lesson on respect with my 9mm jacketed hollow points," he wrote.<br /><br />Police also found webcam pictures he took of himself dressed for combat, armed with a Glock and brandishing a knife.</p>