 A sixth man charged over a plot to kidnap and behead a British Muslim soldier has been found not guilty. Amjab Mahmood, 32, was last week cleared by a jury at Leicester Crown Court of aiding terrorists. Amjab Mahmood has now also been cleared on a charge that he failed to report the beheading plot to policeHe has now also been cleared on a charge that he failed to report the beheading plot to police.
On Friday, Zahoor Iqbal, 30, of Perry Barr, Birmingham, became the fifth man to be convicted in the case. He was found guilty of one count of helping ringleader Parvis Khan - who has already admitted four charges linked to the kidnap plot and other offences - to supply equipment to people in Pakistan for terrorist activities.
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Three other men have admitted other terrorism offences. Khan, 37, admitted at the start of the trial that he plotted to have drug dealers lure a British Muslim soldier from a nightclub, bundle him into a car and behead him in a garage. He also admitted supplying equipment to terrorists on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border and being in possession of two records or documents likely to be of use to a terrorist.
Hamid Elasmar, 44, of Edgbaston, and Mohammed Irfan, 31, of Ward End, both pleaded guilty before the trial to helping Khan send the shipments to the sub-continent. And Basiru Gassama, 30, of Hodge Hill, admitted knowing about Khan's kidnap plot but failing to tell the authorities.
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