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Mosque bomber Pavlo Lapshyn given life for murder Mosque bomber Pavlo Lapshyn given life for murder
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A Ukrainian student has been jailed for at least 40 years for the murder of an 82-year-old man and planning explosions near mosques in racist attacks. A Ukrainian student has been jailed for at least 40 years for the murder of an 82-year-old man and plotting explosions near mosques in racist attacks.
Pavlo Lapshyn stabbed Mohammed Saleem in Small Heath, Birmingham on 29 April, five days after arriving in the UK.Pavlo Lapshyn stabbed Mohammed Saleem in Small Heath, Birmingham on 29 April, five days after arriving in the UK.
On Monday, Lapshyn, 25, admitted murder as well as plotting to cause explosions near mosques in Walsall, Tipton and Wolverhampton in June and July.On Monday, Lapshyn, 25, admitted murder as well as plotting to cause explosions near mosques in Walsall, Tipton and Wolverhampton in June and July.
At the Old Bailey, he was told he would be jailed for life.At the Old Bailey, he was told he would be jailed for life.
Mr Saleem was stabbed to death, just yards from his home, after attending prayers at his local mosque on Green Lane. Mr Saleem was stabbed to death, just yards from his home, after attending prayers at his local mosque in Green Lane.
Lapshyn, from Dnipropetrovsk in Ukraine, was living in Birmingham while on a temporary work placement in the city when he killed Mr Saleem, a grandfather of 22.Lapshyn, from Dnipropetrovsk in Ukraine, was living in Birmingham while on a temporary work placement in the city when he killed Mr Saleem, a grandfather of 22.
He later planted three bombs near mosques in the West Midlands as part of a campaign he said was motivated by racial hatred.He later planted three bombs near mosques in the West Midlands as part of a campaign he said was motivated by racial hatred.
He was arrested almost a week after an explosion in Tipton.He was arrested almost a week after an explosion in Tipton.
'Gutless coward' 'Hated non-whites'
The third device, that exploded near the Kanzul Iman mosque in Tipton on 12 July, was packed with nails. The third device, which exploded near the Kanzul Iman mosque in Tipton on 12 July, was packed with nails.
Police said it was only because Lapshyn got the wrong time for Friday prayers that the blast did not cause mass injuries.Police said it was only because Lapshyn got the wrong time for Friday prayers that the blast did not cause mass injuries.
Sentencing, Mr Justice Sweeney told him: "You clearly hold extremist right-wing, white supremacist views and you were motivated to commit the offences by religious and racial hatred in the hope that you would ignite racial conflict and cause Muslims to leave the area where you were living.Sentencing, Mr Justice Sweeney told him: "You clearly hold extremist right-wing, white supremacist views and you were motivated to commit the offences by religious and racial hatred in the hope that you would ignite racial conflict and cause Muslims to leave the area where you were living.
"Such views, hatred and motivations have no place whatsoever in our multi-faith and multi-cultural society.""Such views, hatred and motivations have no place whatsoever in our multi-faith and multi-cultural society."
During interviews, Lapshyn told police he had murdered the grandfather of 22 because he hated "non-whites".During interviews, Lapshyn told police he had murdered the grandfather of 22 because he hated "non-whites".
Prosecutor Peter Wright QC told the Old Bailey that PhD student Lapshyn had come to the UK on a work placement with software company Delcam.
The firm's sponsorship programme in partnership with the National Metallurgy Academy in Ukraine is now under review following his crimes.
Lapshyn's apartment, above Delcam's offices in Birmingham, were raided by police who found chemicals and bomb-making equipment for another three devices.
'Gutless coward'
They also discovered a camera containing 455 photographs and 98 videos. Some of them showed Lapshyn detonating homemade bombs in the Ukrainian countryside. The camera also included shots of him making bombs.
The court heard Lapshyn had a video game on his laptop called Ethnic Cleansing and also posed for white a supremacist website with the hunting knife he later used to stab 82-year-old Mr Saleem.
Mr Saleem's family said their father had not done anything to deserve to die, other than be a Muslim.
In a statement read out in court, Mr Saleem's daughter Shazia Khan said: "The shock and sadness of the reality is impossible to accept, yet alone accept and move on.In a statement read out in court, Mr Saleem's daughter Shazia Khan said: "The shock and sadness of the reality is impossible to accept, yet alone accept and move on.
"We can't move forward, the murder has disabled our minds in every emotional way possible."We can't move forward, the murder has disabled our minds in every emotional way possible.
"Dad did not die of old age or illness, he died because he was stabbed violently in the back by a gutless coward who did not have the courage to face him before he took his life away.""Dad did not die of old age or illness, he died because he was stabbed violently in the back by a gutless coward who did not have the courage to face him before he took his life away."