Brusthom Ziamani, 19, guilty of plotting to behead solider
Brusthom Ziamani, 19, has been found guilty at the Old Bailey of plotting to behead a British soldier after being inspired by the murder of Fusilier Lee Rigby.
Ziamani refused three chances of 'de-radicalisation'
British-born Brusthom Ziamani rejected his Christian upbringing and embraced Islam. Isolated from his family, he fell in with a banned Islamist group in east London. The seeds of a plot to murder British soldiers were sewn; the template was the brutal killing of fusilier Lee Rigby.
Despite contact with security services the 19-year-old refused three chances of going through 'de-radicalisation' programmes.
He had researched army bases and posted comments on social media saying he was prepared to die for Allah. He was carrying a 12 inch knife and an Islamist flag when he was arrested. Today he was convicted of preparing an act of terrorism.
ITV News Correspondent Juliet Bremner reports:
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