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| A British man has been convicted of planning an Islamic State-inspired knife attack on the streets of London around Remembrance Sunday. | |
| Nadir Syed, 22, was convicted after a trial at Woolwich crown court of planning the attack, similar in style to the murder of a British soldier, Lee Rigby. | |
| The jury was unable to reach verdicts on Haseeb Hamayoon, 28, and Yousaf Syed, 20, and a retrial has been ordered. | |
| It can now be reported that Syed had planned to launch the attack in 2014 after listening to a speech by Isis spokesman Abu Muhammad al-Adnani, which also urged extremists to target France. | |
| Dressed in a burgundy sweatshirt and wearing an Islamic skull cap he showed no reaction as he was convicted of preparation of terrorist acts, after 50 hours and 56 minutes of jury deliberations. | |
| Jurors were unable to reach verdicts in the case of Yousaf Syed, 20, and Haseeb Hamayoon, 29. Yousaf Syed from High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, and Hamayoon from Hayes, west London, denied planning acts of terrorism. The judge ordered a retrial. | |
| The verdict on Syed was reached on Wednesday, but it could not be reported before the judge’s decision to order a new trial of of the other two defendants. | |
| This is a breaking news story, please check back for further updates | This is a breaking news story, please check back for further updates |