Jailed for password
THE man suspected of murdering schoolgirl Lucy McHugh has been jailed for refusing to provide his Facebook password to police investigating her death.
Stephen Nicholson, 24, pleaded guilty to a charge under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act at Southampton Crown Court yesterday and was sentenced to 14 months’ imprisonment.
He was staying in the 13-year-old’s family home in Southampton until days before her death. AN ISLAMIC STATE terrorist who plotted to kill Prime Minister Theresa May has been jailed for at least 30 years.
Naa’imur Zakariyah Rahman, 21, planned to bomb the gates of 10 Downing Street, kill guards and then attack Theresa May with a knife or gun.
He had pledged allegiance to IS and collected what he thought was an explosivespacked puffa jacket and rucksack when he was arrested last November.
The drifter, originally from Birmingham, thought he was being helped by an IS handler when in fact he was talking to undercover officers.
He was snared by a network of undercover counter-terrorism officers from the Metropolitan Police, the FBI and MI5.
Rahman, from Finchley, north London, was found guilty of preparing acts of terrorism, despite claiming he was set up.
During his Old Bailey trial, he admitted to helping a friend to join IS in Libya by recording an IS sponsorship video.
Following his conviction, he told a probation officer that he would have carried out the attack if he had been able to.
The “clever and cunning” young man had the potential to “operate below the radar to dreadful effect”, according to a presentence report.
Mr Justice Haddon-Cave concluded: “Rahman is a very dangerous individual and it is difficult to predict when, if ever, he will become de-radicalised and no longer be a danger to society.”
The judge sentenced Rahman to life in prison with a minimum term of 30 years.
For the IS sponsorship video, Rahman was handed six years in prison to run concurrently.
The judge stressed the undercover officers involved in the case were “scrupulous” at all times and Rahman was the “instigator and author” of his own actions.
The trial had heard how Rahman was encouraged by an uncle who travelled to Syria to fight and was killed in a drone strike last June.
Two other uncles had been jailed in August 2016 for funding terrorism.
His concerned mother had moved to north London to get away from their influence, and Rahman was referred to the deradicalisation Channel programme.
But Rahman spun a web of lies to Channel and went on to plot his attack over the course of two years.
He regarded the Parsons Green bombing as “the start” and hailed the Manchester Arena terrorist, saying he had “done well”.
Rahman came to the attention of police in July last year and an examination of his mobile phone raised concerns he was harbouring extremist views.
After his uncle’s death, he became even more determined and turned to the internet for help in his attack plans.
Rahman made contact with an FBI agent posing as an IS official online, who introduced him to an MI5 role-player.
The defendant revealed his plans, saying: “I want to attempt to kill Theresa May.”