Asad Bhatti: Redhill man guilty of making homemade bomb

(BBC) A financial analyst has been found guilty of making a homemade bomb and having explosives.

Asad Bhatti, 49, from Redhill, Surrey, was reported to police by the owner of a computer repair shop who became suspicious of content on his laptop.

Analysis of the laptop revealed materials on how to make explosive devices, the Old Bailey heard.

A handbook that included the subject “Jihad and Martyrdom” was also found, jurors were told.

Although unfinished, the 173-page document included chapters on “a simple guide to explosives,” “hand-to-hand combat,” and “handguns and sniper rifles.”

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