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| Anzac Day plot: UK's 'youngest terrorist' in identity bid | Anzac Day plot: UK's 'youngest terrorist' in identity bid |
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| A teenager convicted of a terror plot to behead a police officer in Australia has begun a legal bid to have his identity protected for life. | A teenager convicted of a terror plot to behead a police officer in Australia has begun a legal bid to have his identity protected for life. |
| The 15-year-old, from Blackburn, Lancashire, sent encrypted phone messages instructing an alleged jihadist to attack an Anzac Day parade. | The 15-year-old, from Blackburn, Lancashire, sent encrypted phone messages instructing an alleged jihadist to attack an Anzac Day parade. |
| Jailing him in 2015, the judge ordered that the boy's name be kept secret until he turned 18. | Jailing him in 2015, the judge ordered that the boy's name be kept secret until he turned 18. |
| His bid to be granted lifetime anonymity will be heard in October. | His bid to be granted lifetime anonymity will be heard in October. |
| The teenager became Britain's youngest terrorist when he was found guilty at Manchester Crown Court of inciting terrorism in October 2015. | The teenager became Britain's youngest terrorist when he was found guilty at Manchester Crown Court of inciting terrorism in October 2015. |
| The court heard how he hatched the plot when he was only 14 after being recruited on Twitter by an Islamic State propagandist, Abu Khaled al-Cambodi. | The court heard how he hatched the plot when he was only 14 after being recruited on Twitter by an Islamic State propagandist, Abu Khaled al-Cambodi. |
| From his bedroom in Blackburn, the boy used a smartphone app to persuade 18-year-old Sevdet Besim to commit mass murder thousands of miles away. | From his bedroom in Blackburn, the boy used a smartphone app to persuade 18-year-old Sevdet Besim to commit mass murder thousands of miles away. |
| 'Risk of reprisals' | 'Risk of reprisals' |
| He told Besim to run over at least one police officer then behead him with a knife at the remembrance day parade in Melbourne. | |
| One message read: "Run cop, shank neck, then when all them gun police show up you go and try to attack them, don't look back expect a bullet inside you." | One message read: "Run cop, shank neck, then when all them gun police show up you go and try to attack them, don't look back expect a bullet inside you." |
| The pair would "in all probability" have succeeded had British police not accessed material on the boy's phone and alerted Australian police, the court heard. | The pair would "in all probability" have succeeded had British police not accessed material on the boy's phone and alerted Australian police, the court heard. |
| The boy was sentenced to life imprisonment and told by the judge he would only be released when no longer considered dangerous. | The boy was sentenced to life imprisonment and told by the judge he would only be released when no longer considered dangerous. |
| His solicitor said he would argue that naming the teenager would create a serious risk of reprisals or that his rehabilitation would be affected. | His solicitor said he would argue that naming the teenager would create a serious risk of reprisals or that his rehabilitation would be affected. |
| Lochlinn Parker, of ITN Solicitors, told the BBC that his client has been granted an interim injunction preventing his identity being made public before a hearing at the High Court in October. | Lochlinn Parker, of ITN Solicitors, told the BBC that his client has been granted an interim injunction preventing his identity being made public before a hearing at the High Court in October. |
| Anzac Day, held on 25 April each year, commemorates Australian and New Zealand personnel killed in conflicts - and in 2015, marked the centenary of the World War One battle in Gallipoli. | Anzac Day, held on 25 April each year, commemorates Australian and New Zealand personnel killed in conflicts - and in 2015, marked the centenary of the World War One battle in Gallipoli. |