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Man guilty over soldier plot cell | Man guilty over soldier plot cell |
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A man has been found guilty of being part of a terror cell whose leader plotted to behead a British soldier. | A man has been found guilty of being part of a terror cell whose leader plotted to behead a British soldier. |
Last month Parviz Khan, 37, from Birmingham, admitted plotting to kidnap and murder a serving Muslim soldier and to supplying equipment to the Taleban. | |
Now a Leicester Crown Court jury has convicted Zahoor Iqbal, 30, of helping Khan supply the Taleban. | |
A second man, Amjad Mahmood, 32, was cleared of this offence but the jury is deliberating on another charge. | |
The jury will continue deliberating on Monday on a charge against Mahmood, of Birmingham, that he knew about Khan's plan to film the beheading of the soldier but failed to inform the authorities. | |
The prosecution accepted that Iqbal, also of Birmingham, had no knowledge of the plot to kill a British soldier. | The prosecution accepted that Iqbal, also of Birmingham, had no knowledge of the plot to kill a British soldier. |
Three other men, Basiru Gassama, 30, Mohammed Irfan, 31, and Hamid Elasmar, 44, have previously admitted other offences connected with Khan's activities. | Three other men, Basiru Gassama, 30, Mohammed Irfan, 31, and Hamid Elasmar, 44, have previously admitted other offences connected with Khan's activities. |