{"id":9992,"date":"2017-12-13T14:38:44","date_gmt":"2017-12-13T19:38:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=9992"},"modified":"2017-12-13T14:38:44","modified_gmt":"2017-12-13T19:38:44","slug":"couple-jailed-plotting-birmingham-terror-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2017\/12\/13\/couple-jailed-plotting-birmingham-terror-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Couple jailed for plotting Birmingham terror attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">A married couple have been jailed for planning a terror attack in Birmingham.<\/p>\n<p>Ummarayiat Mirza, 21, and his wife Madihah Taheer, 22, were sentenced to 16 years and 10 years respectively.<\/p>\n<p>An intelligence operation had led to Mirza&#8217;s arrest at gunpoint in March. Woolwich Crown Court head the couple, from Birmingham, had been planning a knife attack and had looked at targets, including the city&#8217;s central synagogue.<\/p>\n<p>Mirza&#8217;s sister, Zainub, was jailed for 30 months for sharing propaganda.<\/p>\n<p>Mirza was thought to have been planning a rampage for just days after the Westminster Bridge attack.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9994\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9994\" style=\"width: 374px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Madihah-Taheer.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9994\" src=\"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Madihah-Taheer.png\" alt=\"Madihah Taheer\" width=\"374\" height=\"248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Madihah-Taheer.png 374w, https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Madihah-Taheer-300x199.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 374px) 100vw, 374px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9994\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Madihah Taheer has been sentenced to 10 years in prison.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>His wife had brought him a large knife and the couple had fantasised about a life in the territories of the so-called Islamic State.<\/p>\n<p>He had pleaded guilty to preparing terrorist acts while Taheer was convicted of the same charge.<\/p>\n<p>Zainub Mirza admitted five counts of disseminating terrorist publications by sending her brother IS videos on social media.<\/p>\n<p>Passing sentence, Judge Christopher Kinch QC said Ummarayiat Mirza had made &#8220;inexorable progress&#8221; from enthusiasm for terrorism acts to training, sourcing of a weapon and researching a target.<\/p>\n<p>His 16-year term comes with an additional five years on licence, during which he could be returned to jail if he reoffends.<\/p>\n<p>He described the case as a &#8220;personal tragedy&#8221; for Taheer as the trial began when her fist child was only five months old but said she had been a willing partner at every stage of the plan.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-42343771\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\">A married couple have been jailed for planning a terror attack in Birmingham. Ummarayiat Mirza, 21, and his wife Madihah Taheer, 22, were sentenced to 16 years and 10 years respectively. 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