This article is from the source 'bbc' and was first published or seen on . It will not be checked again for changes.
You can find the current article at its original source at http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/uk/7246812.stm
The article has changed 7 times. There is an RSS feed of changes available.
| Version 3 | Version 4 |
|---|---|
| Man guilty over soldier plot cell | Man guilty over soldier plot cell |
| (41 minutes later) | |
| 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. | 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. | 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. | 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 Mr Mahmood, of Birmingham, that he knew about Khan's plan to film the beheading of the soldier but failed to inform the authorities. | |
| Relief aid | |
| 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. |
| During the trial he denied the claim that he helped Khan send the illicit cargoes. | |
| The defendant said he thought their trips to wholesalers were to buy relief aid for the victims of the Kashmir earthquake in October 2005. | |
| Iqbal, a school attendance and mentoring officer, told the court he was a Muslim "but not practising", and that he did not pray. | |
| He also denied that he had been suspicious about being asked to send cash to Khan in Pakistan, saying: "It was a regularly done thing in our community." | |
| Panic plan | |
| Iqbal has been remanded into custody until his sentence hearing. | |
| 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. |
| In court last month, the jury heard Khan planned to seize and behead a British Muslim soldier. | |
| The unemployed charity worker intended to use drug dealers to kidnap the soldier while on a night out, behead him in a lock-up garage and then release footage of the killing to the public, the court heard. | |
| Prosecutors said he wanted to cause panic and fear in the British armed forces and among the wider public. |