(BBC) A Muslim convert who threatened to “flatten” a mosque and plotted to attack an Islamic cleric who was an outspoken critic of terrorism has been found guilty of preparing a terrorist act.
Jason Savage, 35, was convicted at Birmingham Crown Court on Thursday.
Video footage released by West Midlands Police after his conviction showed him filming reconnaissance near a mosque in Wright Street, Small Heath.
Savage, from Fourth Avenue in Small Heath, was remanded in custody for sentencing at Birmingham Crown Court on 11 April.
A three-week trial was told Savage was arrested shortly after sending online messages to someone he did not know was an undercover officer, saying he was waiting to see what “opportunities come to present itself.”
