Ziamani said he was 'willing to die in the cause of Allah'

Brusthom Ziamani, 19, was convicted of preparing an act of terrorism on or before 20th August last year.

During his trial the court heard Ziamani had fallen in with the Muslim group al-Muhajiroun, or ALM, who gave him money, clothes and a place to stay after he was kicked out of his home in Camberwell, south London.

He attended their talks in the basement of a halal sweet shop in Whitechapel and bought a black flag to take on their demonstrations, saying "I'm going to rock it everywhere I go in the Kaffirs' face".

After just months he posted comments on Facebook that he was "willing to die in the cause of Allah" and saying: "Sharia law on its way on our streets. We will implement it, it's part of our religion."

At the time he was first arrested last June on an unrelated matter, police found a ripped-up letter in his jeans pocket in which he wrote about mounting an attack on a British soldier and expressed the desire to die a martyr.

The judge adjourned sentencing to March 20 in order to consider all aspects of the case before deciding on Ziamani's jail term.