AN alleged National Action supporter who planned to kill an MP approached a girl in a nightclub and told her 'I'm a terrorist', a court has heard.

Jack Renshaw, 23, has admitted buying a 19-inch Gladius knife to kill Rosie Cooper and a police officer he had a grudge against.

But he denies membership of neo-Nazi group National Action after it was banned in December 2016 for supporting the murder of MP Jo Cox.

Jurors have heard he feared going to prison for making hate speeches and had settled on 'suicide by cop' if he was charged.

The plot was foiled after Renshaw revealed it at the Friar Penketh pub in Warrington town centre to other members of the far-right organisation, it is alleged.

PICTURED: The Friar Penketh pub where the suspects allegedly met

Fellow alleged member Garron Helm, 24, told police he was with the group that night - July 1 2017.

He said in an interview on September 28 2017, read to the Old Bailey: "I can see that Jack was frustrated, aggravated, not happy about his current situation."

Renshaw was concerned police were investigating him over 'sex with minors' and was acting erratically as the group travelled from bar to bar, he alleged.

Helm told officers: "He said, 'I'm going to get a f****** machete, I have had enough', I believe he said something along the lines of, 'They deserve it'."

He claimed that Renshaw seemed serious and he told alleged National Action leader Christopher Lythgoe of his concerns.

Then, Helm said, Renshaw 'started shouting 'f*** the Jews', 'gas the Jews', 'Hitler was right'.'

"I said, 'I cannot be seen with you if you're going to say this sort of stuff'."

They decided to take Renshaw to a nightclub to see if he could calm down, and perhaps to find him 'a girl' as he was a virgin, he continued.

Helm said he saw him talking to a woman.

"I don't think he said anything about the MP, but he did say, 'I'm a terrorist'," he told detectives.

Helm, from Seaforth, is also on trial along with Lythgoe, 32, of Greymist Avenue, Woolston, Matthew Hankinson, 24, of Newton-le-Willows, Merseyside, Clarke, 33, of Marsh House Lane, Padgate, and Michal Trubini, 35, of Dutton Court, Howley.

They deny membership of the far-right group after it was banned.

Whistleblower Robbie Mullen, 25, reported Renshaw's plot to campaigners at Hope Not Hate, the Old Bailey has heard.

CCTV footage from the pub showed alleged National Action members drinking together over three hours.

Mr Mullen has previously told jurors Renshaw had announced his plan to "kill his local MP" to lure the officer and kill her too before committing "suicide by cop".

The trial continues