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Law Enforcement

Matthew King: Wickford man who planned terror acts has appeal rejected

January 31, 2024 Lewis Adams  

(BBC) A man who planned to attack British military personnel and join the so-called Islamic State has had a bid to reduce his life sentence rejected. Matthew King, from Essex, was jailed for life with a minimum of six years at the […]

Children & Teens

MI5 foils planned Daesh-inspired terror attack on music festival

July 23, 2023 Unlisted Author  

(Arab News) The UK’s domestic intelligence agency thwarted a plot by an Islamist extremist to attack a music festival attended by about 90,000 people every year, Mail Online reported. In 2022, a tipoff led [MI5] officers to arrest a 15-year-old boy suspected […]

Law Enforcement

Islamist terror plot teen will serve at least six years

June 2, 2023 Daniel Sandford and Judith Burns  

(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 […]

Clerics & Preachers

Teen’s terror plot against police and soldiers thwarted by mother

May 12, 2023 Daniel Sandford and Judith Burns  

(BBC) A teenage Islamic State convert who has admitted plotting attacks on British police and soldiers has had his sentencing delayed after reports he has threatened to behead a prison imam. The judge at the Old Bailey has adjourned the sentencing of […]

Law Enforcement

Teenage Islamic State fanatic Matthew King admits plots to torture and kill military personnel

January 20, 2023 Unlisted Author  

(ITV) A teenage Islamic State fanatic has admitted a plot to attack police officers or soldiers on home soil. Matthew King, 19, expressed a desire to “torture, mutilate and kill military personnel” as he prepared to stake out a British Army barracks […]

Law Enforcement

Essex man appears in court accused of plotting Islamist terror attack (LINK ONLY)

June 1, 2022 EoI News  

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Children & Teens

Teenage boy, 18, and girl, 17, arrested on suspicion of encouraging Islamic terrorism (LINK ONLY)

May 20, 2022 EoI News  

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