Sakhile Ntsele, 18, of Wandsworth Road, has been charged with 29 offences in total all relating to possessing firearms or explosives, with new charges being put forward on March 13.
Ntsele was initially arrested following an incident at his home on October 27, 2024, after which police officers found “a variety of homemade weapons”.
He was first charged two days later on October 29 with one charge of threatening a person with an offensive weapon and one charge of threats to kill.
He appeared at Highbury Magistrates’ Court that same day, and was later charged with manufacture of a weapon on November 8.
Ntsele has now been charged with 26 further offences.
These are eight charges of possession of explosive substances with intent to endanger life, eight of making explosive substances for an unlawful purpose, five of possessing a firearm with intent to endanger life and five of possessing a firearm without a certificate.