A former British soldier wrote a detailed plan to set fire to a left-wing bookshop because he held extreme far-right views and had pro-Nazi videos on his phone, a court has heard. William Howitt, 27, lived at home with his parents in Holme Road, Lady Bay, when he wrote a “step-by-step” plan on his iPhone detailing how to carry out an arson attack, with prosecutors alleging his intended target was the Five Leaves bookshop and publisher in the city. Birmingham Crown Court heard on Monday how Howitt’s plan was uncovered when he was stopped by counter-terrorism police at East Midlands...