(BBC) An Islamic State terror group supporter who planned to “blow up St Paul’s Cathedral” was getting “cold feet” about the attack, a court has heard.
Muslim convert Safiyya Shaikh, 37, went on a reconnaissance trip to scope out the London landmark and a hotel.
She was arrested after asking undercover police to supply her bombs.
The Old Bailey heard she “had doubts” about the plot, but said she did not want to disappoint the “friends” she was conspiring with.
Shaikh, who admitted preparing an act of terrorism, was said to have become distressed following her arrest when it was disclosed to her that those two friends were actually undercover police officers.
