By KUNA
London : A man who planned to kill a Muslim soldier in the British Army was Monday jailed for life, a court ruled.
Last month, Parviz Khan, 37, admitted the plot and to supplying equipment to the Taliban.
He planned to snatch the serviceman and decapitate him. Four others have also been found guilty over the plot.
Today, Leicester Crown Court, in northern England, cleared Amjad Mahmood, 32, of knowing about the plan but failing to inform authorities.
The court heard Khan was at the centre of a cell based in Birmingham, central England, which had organised four shipments of equipment to terrorists based in Pakistan and operating against coalition forces in Afghanistan.
Prosecutor Nigel Rumfitt told the court Khan was enraged” by the notion of Muslim soldiers in the British Army.
The lawyer said Khan decided to kidnap such a soldier with the help of drug dealers operating in Birmingham. He would be taken to a lock-up garage and there he would be murdered by having his head cut off like a pig.
This would be filmed, they would have the soldier’s ID to prove who he was and the film would be released through Khan’s terrorist network to cause panic and fear with the British armed forces and the wider public, the Prosecutor added.
Basiru Gassama, 30, pleaded guilty at a previous hearing to a failure to disclose information about the plot.
Mohammed Irfan, 31, and Hamid Elasmar, 44, both pleaded guilty to engaging in conduct with the intention of assisting in the commission of acts of terrorism, namely helping Khan to supply the equipment.
Zahoor Iqbal, 30, was found guilty of the same charge.
In comments made last month, but which can only be reported now, the Judge said Khan was likely to be a continuing danger”.