Wannabe bomber, wife jailed for plotting London attack

December 30, 2015 18:57

A wannabe suicide bomber has been jailed for life after plotting an Islamic State terror attack in London with his secret wife. The couple - Mohammed Rehman, 25, and 24-year-old Sana Ahmed Khan - were found guilty of preparing an act of terrorism at the Old Bailey yesterday.

And today Rehman was jailed for life with a minimum of 27 years behind bars. The court heard how Rehman used his bedroom as a bomb factory filled with deadly chemicals and explosives recipes, and even took to Twitter for help picking his targets.

Meanwhile his wife funded his Jihadi plot, using loans to buy 11kg of fertiliser to make into explosives. Prosecutor Tony Badenoch QC told the court today that Rehman and Khan were behind "an advanced plot to manufacture and detonate a substantial explosive device in a crowded and confined public space".

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