(BBC) A man who planned to drive a van into 100 people in London was working with a government de-radicalisation programme at the time, a court has heard.
Islamic State (IS) supporter Lewis Ludlow pleaded guilty last August to planning the Oxford Street attack and raising money for terrorism.
But a sentencing hearing at the Old Bailey has now heard he was engaging with the Prevent programme at the time.
Ludlow, from Rochester, Kent, told a contact: “They think I’m stupid.”
The former Royal Mail worker, a Muslim convert, has also used the name Ali Hussain.
A phone, found in a storm drain near his home, contained images of “hostile reconnaissance” carried out at London landmarks, prosecutors said.
