Serving inmates convicted of terrorist murder plot against prison officer

Serving inmates convicted of terrorist murder plot against prison officer

A terrorist who was jailed for plotting an attack inspired by the murder ofFusilier Lee Rigby has been found guilty of trying to murder a guard at a topsecurity jail.

Brusthom Ziamani, 25, was jailed for 22 years after he wascaught with a hammer and knife en route to behead a soldier in 2014.

Whilebeing held at HMP Whitemoor in Cambridgeshire, Ziamani befriended radicalisedBaz Hockton, 26, and the pair hatched a terror attack behind bars, the OldBailey heard.

They made makeshift bladed weapons and fake suicide belts tolaunch a ferocious attack on officer Neil Trundle on January 9.