By Eric King-
An Islamic State supporter who tried to orchestrate a terrorist attack against Prince George has admitted a string of terror charges.
Husnain Rashid, 32, of Leonard Street in Nelson, Lancashire, admitted urging Jihadis to attack the young prince after initially denying the allegation.
The sudden change of plea came nearly two weeks into his trial at Woolwich Crown Court after Rashid was re-indicted and pleaded guilty to three counts of engaging in conduct in preparation of terrorist acts. He also admitted one count of encouraging terrorism.
When cops raided his home in November, Rashid “hurled” a phone containing a “treasure trove” of evidence over a wall into an alleyway, the court was told.
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The court heard that on 13th of October, 2017, Rashid used a Telegram chat group to call on supporters to target the four-year-old Prince George who had started school at Thomas’s Battersea in south-west London a month earlier. Rashid posted a photograph of the prince at the school super-imposed with silhouettes of two masked jihad fighters.
Prosecutor Annabel Darlow told the court “the underlying message was clear” that “Prince George and other members of the royal family should be viewed as targets”.
“Even the royal family will not be left alone,” Rashid messaged the group, before sharing the school’s full address and postcode. “School starts early,” he stressed in his poisonous message to fellow terrorists.
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In addition to a magazine containing suggestions to strike the 2018 World Cup in Russia using vehicles, weapons or bombs, he made recommendations on football stadiums for terrorists to attack, following a deadly attack outside Besiktas’s ground in Turkey, the court heard.
The evil brute also ran a “prolific” Telegram channel named the Lone Mujahid where he provided an “e-toolkit for terrorism”, the prosecution said.
This included a recipe for the poison ricin and instructions for making petrol bombs and napalm, the court was told. Other targets on his hit list included British Army bases, shopping centres, Jewish communities and government buildings.
He also conspired with a British terrorist in Syria to bring down an aircraft with lasers, the court heard.
Judge Andrew Lees told the defendant: “For the past week I have listened to the most disturbing allegations.
“You have admitted these allegations of encouraging others to commit terrorist activities and publishing statements to encourage the killing of others.
“It is inevitable that you will receive a very lengthy prison sentence and there will be a consideration of a life prison sentence.”
He added: “The question of your future dangerousness and the protection of the public is a matter that I will have to give very careful consideration.”
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