Cleric’s follower the spies tried to recruit

Mohibur rahman was well known to police and Mi5 because he idolised hate preacher Anjem Choudary and ran a branch of his banned group, islam4uK, in Stoke-on-Trent, where he grew up.

rahman, a sex offender with a conviction for indecent assault, was arrested in 2010 after travelling to meet a group of men in Cardiff later convicted of plotting an attack on the London Stock Exchange and pubs in Stoke.

Police were unable to prove his involvement and he was jailed for five years instead for possessing two issues of al- Qaeda-published inspire magazine. in belmarsh he met the other two ‘Musketeers’.

After his release, rahman was recalled twice for breaching his conditions.

The takeaway worker was paid £ 200 by Mi5 after claiming he had turned his back on his former life, but he continued to plot with others. he spent his days flicking between Justin bieber’s YouTube videos and footage of terrorist beheadings before his arrest.