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Man Found Guilty Of Daesh-Inspired Knife Plot
A man has been convicted of planning to carry out a Lee Rigby-style terrorist attack in London around Remembrance Day.
22-year-old Nadir Syed, from Southall in west London, was arrested hours after buying a chef's knife, days before Remembrance Sunday in 2014.
Woolwich Crown Court heard he had been inspired by calls from Daesh leaders to attack Western targets such as police and soldiers.
He had planned to launch the attack after listening to a speech by IS spokesman Abu Muhammad al-Adnani, which also urged extremists to target France.
Dressed in a burgundy sweatshirt and wearing an Islamic skull cap he showed no reaction as he was convicted of preparation of terrorist acts, after more than 50 hours' deliberation by the jury.
The court heard that he had expressed admiration for the killing of Fusilier Lee Rigby and had shared footage of beheadings from Syria and Iraq on social media.
Syed had also tried to travel to Syria to fight with Daesh in 2014 but had been prevented from leaving the country, the court heard.
Jurors were unable to reach verdicts in the case of Yousaf Syed, 20, and Haseeb Hamayoon, 29.
Yousaf Syed from High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, and Hamayoon from Hayes, west London, denied planning acts of terrorism. The judge has ordered a retrial.
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