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Pair jailed for UK Christmas homemade bomb attack plan Pair jailed for UK Christmas homemade bomb attack plan
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A couple has been jailed for plotting a terror attack in the UK using a homemade bomb over Christmas.A couple has been jailed for plotting a terror attack in the UK using a homemade bomb over Christmas.
Munir Mohammed, 36, from Derby, was handed a life sentence, with a minimum of 14 years. Pharmacist Rowaida El-Hassan has been jailed for 12 years.Munir Mohammed, 36, from Derby, was handed a life sentence, with a minimum of 14 years. Pharmacist Rowaida El-Hassan has been jailed for 12 years.
The couple, who also exchanged messages about ricin, were sentenced at the Old Bailey. The trial at the Old Bailey heard the pair met on a dating website and Mohammed used El-Hassan's chemical knowledge to help plan an attack.
Judge Michael Topolski QC said Mohammed posed "a significant risk of serious harm to the public". The judge said he posed "a significant risk of serious harm to the public".
At the time of his arrest in December 2016, Mohammed had two of the three components for TATP explosives as well as manuals on how to make bombs and ricin poison.
'Lone wolf''Lone wolf'
The 36-year-old had volunteered for a "lone wolf" mission while messaging an IS commander on Facebook.The 36-year-old had volunteered for a "lone wolf" mission while messaging an IS commander on Facebook.
"You decided the means of your attack would involve you making an IED," the judge said."You decided the means of your attack would involve you making an IED," the judge said.
"You had not decided whether that would be made with an ordinary bomb or whether you could do more damage and more terror by exploding a device containing ricin.""You had not decided whether that would be made with an ordinary bomb or whether you could do more damage and more terror by exploding a device containing ricin."
He added that Mohammed had carefully and deliberately pulled El-Hassan in to the plot, to the point where her commitment was "consistent and sustained".He added that Mohammed had carefully and deliberately pulled El-Hassan in to the plot, to the point where her commitment was "consistent and sustained".
The trial heard the pair had exchanged messages about ricin.
Mohammed, originally from Eritrea and who lived in Sudan for some time before coming to the UK, investigated making poison while working at a supermarket ready meals factory.