Jihadist jailed for 22 years over plot to behead British soldier

March 20, 2015

A teenager who hatched a plot to behead a British soldier after being inspired by the murder of Fusilier Lee Rigby has been jailed for 22 years.

Brusthom Ziamani, 19, was arrested in an east London street last August carrying a black flag, a 12in (30cm) knife and a hammer in a rucksack, having earlier researched the location of Army cadet bases in the south east of the capital. His Old Bailey trial heard that he “reverted” to Islam early last year and was arrested after he showed his ex-girlfriend weapons, described Fusilier Rigby’s killer Michael Adebolajo as a “legend”, and told her he would “kill soldiers”.

Ziamani turned to extremists in the Muslim group al-Muhajiroun – or ALM – who gave him money, clothes and a place to stay.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”. . .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.”