A court heard yesterday that a terrorist had considered carrying out a large-scale gun attack during Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral.
During last September’s event, Edward Little, 22, and jihadists discussed getting an AK-47 assault rifle and Mac-10 submachine gun.
When told that “tyrants of the earth” would be present, the Muslim convert responded, “I was thinking that, but unfortunately it’s too late.”
He decided to target Christian preacher Hatun Tash at Speakers’ Corner in Hyde Park but was apprehended while traveling to London in a taxi and had £5,000 on him to purchase a gun.
The defendant is an Islamic extremist who planned to kill the Christian preacher Hatun Tash at Speaker’s Corner in Hyde Park, according to the opening statement of the prosecution’s case by Duncan Penny KC.
The accused intended to kill anyone who was with Hatun Tash as well as any nearby police or soldiers.
UK-born After turning 18, Little allegedly converted to Islam at the Cookham Wood Young Offenders Institution in Kent and the HMP Deerbolt in County Durham.
Little, of Brighton, acknowledged planning terrorist acts in May. The Old Bailey’s sentencing was postponed while more information was gathered.
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