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| 'Ringleader' of UK soldier beheading plot to stand trial |
| 2007-02-24 |
| (AKI) - A man reportedly accused of plotting to kidnap and behead a British Muslim soldier will face trial next year, London's Old Bailey criminal court heard on Friday. Parviz Khan, 36, is accused of "intention to kidnap and kill a member of the British armed forces." The alleged plan involved copying militants' tactics in Iraq by torturing and decapitating the soldier and posted the killing to the Internet, according to media reports. Khan and four other suspects have been charged with various terrorism offences. Khan, a 36-year-old father of four appeared together with four other suspects via video link at the Old Bailey. He was one of a group of men arrested in the central English city of Birmingham in a major anti-terrorism operation last month. Khan and the other men, Mohammed Irfan, 30, Zahoor Iqbal, 29, Hamid Elasmar, 43, and Amjad Mahmood, 31, are all charged with funding terrorism and with supplying terrorists. Mahmood, is also charged with failing to disclose information which might have been of "material assistance" in preventing the kidnap plot. During Friday's 90 minute hearing the court heard that owing to the very large quantity of evidence gathered by investigators in connection with the alleged plot, a "realistic" trial date would be late next year, possibly in Birmingham. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Let's see if the Brits can muster the guts to punish this swine. I have doubts. |
| Posted by: regular joe 2007-02-24 06:33 |
| #1 If its a beheading he wants , I suggest we give him one .. His own .. I can dream |
| Posted by: MacNails 2007-02-24 04:31 |