Three terrorists up for shock parole this year including monstrous Parviz Khan, 52, who plotted to kidnap and behead British soldier and attempted shopping centre bomber Jawad Akbar
- Three convicted terrorists could be released from British prisons this year
Three convicted terrorists are up for parole this year, including Parviz Khan, 52, who was handed a life sentence in 2008 after plotting to behead a British Muslim soldier.
Khan, 52, from Birmingham, pleaded guilty to the plan and was sentenced to a minimum of 14 years behind bars, before being denied parole in early 2022.
The extremist, who planned to film himself killing his intended victim ‘like a pig’, has now been granted a Parole Board hearing date ‘in the autumn’.
Jawad Akbar, who was also last year denied parole as the Home Office judged his release could be a risk to public safety, has a new hearing set for August.
Akbar was part of a plot to bomb the Bluewater shopping centre in Kent and London’s Ministry of Sound nightclub in 2004.
Nazam Hussain, who was jailed in 2012 over a plan to bomb the London Stock Exchange, was judged ‘suitable to be released’ last month.
Hussain was initially freed from prison in 2019, but returned to prison within months after police found two knives taped together in a suitcase at his house.
Parviz Khan (pictured) plotted to kill a British soldier ‘like a pig’ before he was jailed in 2008
Jawad Akbar (pictured) also has a parole hearing date set for for later this year
Parvis Khan was the ringleader of a group which plotted to kidnap and behead a British soldier in 2008.
His gang was later reported to be inspired by Choudary’s al-Muhajiroun network.
At trial, Mr Justice Henriques left the court in no doubt how dangerous he believed Khan to be.
He told him at Leicester crown court: ‘You have been described by the Crown as a man who has the most violent and extreme Islamist views and as a fanatic.
‘Having studied over the last month, I unhesitatingly accept that description of you.
‘You not only plotted to kill a soldier, but you intended to film a most brutal killing.’
The judge said Khan’s aim was to deter any Muslim from joining the British Army.
‘This was not only a plot to kill a soldier but a plot to undermine the morale of the British Army and inhibit recruitment,’ he said.
Jawad Akbar, from Crawley, was a key member of a five-strong gang of terrorists who plotted to explode fertiliser-based bombs at high profile targets.
At trial in 2007, it was revealed some of the plotters were seen meeting two of the July 7 London suicide bombers.
Developing plans since 2004, they had acquired 600kg of ammonium nitrate fertiliser, which can be mixed with other substances to make a bomb.
Akbar, then 23, from West Sussex, was sentenced to life in April 2007 after being found guilty of conspiracy to cause explosions between 1 January 2003 and 31 March 2004.
Nazam Hussain, one of nine who admitted various terror charges at Woolwich Crown Court
Nazam Hussain was jailed in 2012 for his role in plans to blow up the London Stock Exchange.
He hatched the plot working alongside London Bridge attacker Usman Khan.
Hussain was released in 2019, but sent back to jail after police found knives taped together in a suitable in the wake of Khan’s Fishmonger’s Hall attack.
Nonetheless, he was judged suitable for release last month.
When he is released, Hussain will be ‘closely involved with his family who appear able to serve as a strong protective factor’.
He will also be subject to a series of licence conditions, including being monitored by police and other public bodies.
Hussain will have to take lie detector tests and wear a GPS tag as well as live at a specified address, adhere to a curfew, disclose any developing relationships as well as face restrictions on who he contacts and what he does.