(BBC) A 19-year-old man has been given life with a minimum term of six years for planning to stab police and soldiers.
Police believe Matthew King, who converted to extreme Islamism during lockdown, could have been hours away from carrying out an attack when they arrested him.
King will serve a discretionary life sentence of a minimum of six years, minus the 367 days he spent on remand.
The judge praised King’s mother for reporting her suspicions to police.
In January this year, King pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey to the preparation of terrorist acts between December 2021 and 17 May 2022.
