Briton jailed for life over plot to kill PM May

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Briton jailed for life over plot to kill PM May

 

Naa'imur Rahman, who has been found guilty and sentenced for terrorism offences relating to Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May, is seen in this undated photograph issued by the Metropolitan Police in London, Britain, August 31, 2018. Metropolitan Police/Handout via REUTERS

 

LONDON (Reuters) - A British man was sentenced to life in prison on Friday over a plot to kill Prime Minister Theresa May by first detonating an explosive device to get into her Downing Street office and then using a knife or a gun to attack her.

 

Naa'imur Rahman, 21, of north London, planned to detonate an improvised explosive device at the heavily guarded gates of Downing Street and gain access to May’s office in the ensuing chaos and assassinate her, according to police.

 

He was convicted last month of preparing to commit acts of terrorism and at London's Old Bailey court on Friday was given a life prison and will serve 30 years behind bars.

 

"Rahman’s target was the prime minister but he had no qualms about killing innocent bystanders in the process of reaching her," said Dean Haydon, the UK's Senior National Coordinator for Counter Terrorism.

 

"At one point he told a covert counter terrorism officer that even if he could not reach the Prime Minister, he just wanted to strike fear into people."

 

As he put the plot together, Rahman believed he was corresponding online with members of the Islamic State (IS) militant group.

However, he was actually talking to undercover officers from the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Britain's MI5 domestic spy agency.

 

He was arrested last November shortly after unwittingly meeting an undercover police officer and collecting what he believed was a homemade bomb but was in fact a harmless replica.

 

After his conviction in July, police said Rahman had been in contact with an uncle who had travelled to Syria and joined IS and who had encouraged his nephew to carry out attacks in Britain.

 

Rahman had been planning to carry out the attack for two years but his resolve was hardened when he heard that his uncle had been killed in a drone attack.

 

Britain is on its second highest threat level with an attack considered highly likely. Last year, there were four deadly attacks and the head of MI5 said in May that a further 12 Islamist plots had been foiled since the first of these in March 2017.

 

Earlier this month, a man was charged with attempted murder after a car careered into people and a barrier at London's parliament, with police saying the incident was being treated as an act of terrorism.

 

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2018-09-01

[faraday]

Good.

 

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[Elad]

The world would be a better place without religion,  or should i say without barbaric religious beliefs. 

[sweatalot]

Britain would be beeter of without those newly imported people from another universe

[Wallander4]

Yep he look as british as anyone living in Englandstan now

[simple1]

Another excellent example of security forces professionalism - well done. However, an ongoing threat that will likely lasts for decades.

[bubblehead]

How much will it cost the taxpayer to keep him locked up for 30 years? Any idea's?

 

I have a better solution.

[AhFarangJa]

18 minutes ago, bubblehead said:

How much will it cost the taxpayer to keep him locked up for 30 years? Any idea's?

 

I have a better solution.

Me too....

[Jingjock]

Bring the rope out, hang the scumbag now.

[freebyrd]

Naa'imur Rahman an Englishman, Enoch Powell must be somersaulting in his grave - I told you so.....

[Lemonltr]

4 hours ago, simple1 said:

Another excellent example of security forces professionalism - well done. However, an ongoing threat that will likely lasts for decades.

Not decades, only until they are a majority. 

[Lemonltr]

Instead of jail maybe life under house arrest in Tony Blair's House. Double whammy. 

[Expatthailover]

4 hours ago, AhFarangJa said:

Me too....

Usual jingoists out in force I see.

[Expatthailover]

6 hours ago, Elad said:

The world would be a better place without religion,  or should i say without barbaric religious beliefs. 

Wasnt that long ago that catholics and protestants were at it in northern ireland.

Barbaric religions both eh

[AhFarangJa]

1 minute ago, Expatthailover said:

Usual jingoists out in force I see.

I guess you would give him a private cell, private prayer room, and oh yes, heaps of therapy for the "poor delusion man".

Sorry, but in my world as the saying goes, live by the sword die by the sword, after all it is the law of his religion....

[simple1]

25 minutes ago, Lemonltr said:

Not decades, only until they are a majority. 

 

https://www.channel4.com/news/factcheck/factcheck-will-britain-have-a-muslim-majority-by-2050

[Vacuum]

7 hours ago, faraday said:

Good.

 

Is she?

[RuamRudy]

18 minutes ago, AhFarangJa said:

I guess you would give him a private cell, private prayer room, and oh yes, heaps of therapy for the "poor delusion man".

Sorry, but in my world as the saying goes, live by the sword die by the sword, after all it is the law of his religion....

Is your world really so limited that you cannot conceive of a middle ground? Are things with you so binary that the only options that you can imagine are either execution of life in a holiday camp?

[Krataiboy]

5 hours ago, simple1 said:

Another excellent example of security forces professionalism - well done. However, an ongoing threat that will likely lasts for decades.

Just 3,000 police with the tast of keeping tabs on 23,000 suspected potential terrorists. Starting to sound increasingly like mission impossible.

[simple1]

24 minutes ago, Krataiboy said:

Just 3,000 police with the tast of keeping tabs on 23,000 suspected potential terrorists. Starting to sound increasingly like mission impossible.

Personally I do not subscribe to the above POV. Western governments are constantly fine tuning legislation, resources (see example below) and so on for counter terrorism activities. Yes more mass casualty / lone wolf attacks, there will be mistakes made, but HMG overwhelmed...No

 

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/713842/2018-05-31_Overarching_Fact_Sheet.pdf

[Krataiboy]

Seeing this would-be assassin headlined as a "Briton" makes my blood boil. He may have a British passport, but he is no more a "Briton" to me and my fellow countrymen than any of the West-hating Islamists trying to destroy our society that gave him a better life.

 

In future, please call out these jihadist scum for what they are - terrorists. Describing them by an adopted nationality they happen to share with their luckless victims is to add insult to injury. 

[AhFarangJa]

1 hour ago, RuamRudy said:

Is your world really so limited that you cannot conceive of a middle ground? Are things with you so binary that the only options that you can imagine are either execution of life in a holiday camp?

I would be interested to read what your middle ground is for a thug who murders innocent people in the name of religion. please enlighten me. However, before you do, think about how you would feel if one of your loved ones was murdered in the name of the peaceful religion.

[AhFarangJa]

3 minutes ago, Krataiboy said:

Seeing this would-be assassin headlined as a "Briton" makes my blood boil. He may have a British passport, but he is no more a "Briton" to me and my fellow countrymen than any of the West-hating Islamists trying to destroy our society that gave him a better life.

 

In future, please call out these jihadist scum for what they are - terrorists. Describing them by an adopted nationality they share with their luckless victims is to add insult to injury. 

Hear, Hear....well said

[dick dasterdly]

8 hours ago, faraday said:

Good.

 

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I agree entirely - assuming when the OP says he's a "British man", it means he was born in Britain.

 

If he was born elsewhere, he should be deported back to his country of origin IMO.

[55Jay]

FBI/MI5 should have kept the ruse going.  Instead of an inert/fake IED, give them a real one, then organize a pre-attack party in a safe, remote area with all the lads, during which an unfortunate, accidental detonation would occur.   Oops! 

 

 

 

[AsiaHand]

6 hours ago, bubblehead said:

How much will it cost the taxpayer to keep him locked up for 30 years? Any idea's?

 

I have a better solution.

The kixx axx  liberals of the UK (a minority of the population) will no longer let what should be done in these cases,and that is a rope around the neck while standing over a trap door, then a sudden drop.

[ivor bigun]

Is your world really so limited that you cannot conceive of a middle ground? Are things with you so binary that the only options that you can imagine are either execution of life in a holiday camp?

Yes i can think of a middle ground ,i would not put him up in a nice comfy cell ,or kill him ,my middle ground would be a spartan cell ,no books no tv ,nothing except 12 hours a day breaking rocks,and 12 hours in his cell ,then when he dies ,out in a box . It wouldnt half make people like him think twice.

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[RuamRudy]

13 minutes ago, ivor bigun said:

Yes i can think of a middle ground ,i would not put him up in a nice comfy cell ,or kill him ,my middle ground would be a spartan cell ,no books no tv ,nothing except 12 hours a day breaking rocks,and 12 hours in his cell ,then when he dies ,out in a box . It wouldnt half make people like him think twice.

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I have no issue at all with that suggestion.

[sungod]

4 hours ago, Expatthailover said:

Wasnt that long ago that catholics and protestants were at it in northern ireland.

Barbaric religions both eh

The one that protects child abusers is for sure.

[Retiredandhappyhere]

4 hours ago, Expatthailover said:

Just as you blend into thailand I suppose

The difference is that we are not allowed to fully blend into Thailand as 99.9% of us expats still maintain our own Nationality.

 

Millions of people born outside the UK have been allowed to become British citizens, but then some of them criminally abuse their adopted country in one way or another.  Whether we foreigners living in Thailand blend in or not,  it is a fact that we are not offered any Governmental financial benefits and I am not aware of too many examples of expats going around trying to assassinate your PM or anyone else of political importance.