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Frank Ferguson, Head of the CPS Special Crime and Counter Terrorism Division, said: “Following a review of the evidence provided by the Metropolitan Police Service’s Counter Terrorism Command, we have authorised criminal charges against three Iranian nationals. “Mostafa Sepahvand, 39, Farhad…
Six members of a Russian spy ring who carried out espionage activity on British and European soil have been jailed for a total of more than 50 years. Katrin Ivanova, 33, Vanya Gaberova, 30, and Tihomir Ivanchev, 39, were previously found guilty of conspiracy to spy at the Central Criminal…
A Muslim convert has been sentenced for life plotting to attack an Islamic cleric and other people.Jason Savage, 35, was sentenced today to life imprisonment with a minimum if 16 years to serve before he can be considered for release after being found guilty of preparing acts of terrorism following…
A man who stabbed a police officer and attempted to set fire to a police van has pleaded guilty to attempted murder and attempted arson today.Alexander Dighton, 28, admitted 10 offences relating to a violent attack at Talbot Green Police station in south Wales on the…
A student nurse who took a pressure cooker bomb to a hospital and planned a terrorist attack on an RAF base has been jailed for life - with a minimum of 37 years. Mohammad Farooq, 29, was arrested outside the maternity ward of St James’s Hospital in Leeds on 20 January 2023 after showing a…
A TEENAGER who attacked children at a Taylor Swift themed dance class, killing three and seriously injuring 10 other people has today pleaded guilty. Axel Rudakubana, 18, pleaded guilty on the first day of his trial to murdering three young girls at the dance class in Southport on July 29 last…
A man who held far-right beliefs and wanted to ‘exterminate’ asylum seekers has been jailed for life for attempted murder after stabbing an Eritrean man twice in the chest.Callum Ulysses Parslow, 32, approached his victim inside the Pear Tree Inn in Worcester and asked him where he was from before…
A man who planned a terrorist attack at a London law firm and made a threat to kill a solicitor has been sentenced to a hospital order.Cavan Medlock, 32, walked into the office of the law firm in Harrow shortly before 5pm on 7 September 2020 and asked to see a solicitor by name.He did not have an…
A Crown Prosecution Service spokesperson said: “Following a review of the evidence provided by the Metropolitan Police Service’s Counter Terrorism Command, we have authorised charges against two Romanian nationals.“The charges relate to an attack on a journalist in Wimbledon on the afternoon of…
A former army soldier has been convicted of gathering classified information for the benefit of Iran and later escaping prison.Daniel Khalife, 23, collated and passed on classified documents, military communications and information about soldiers to Iranian authorities over more than two years.In…
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