02/06/23
Islamic State teen convert being sentenced for police plot
Matthew King, 19, is being sentenced at the Old Bailey for planning terror attacks on British police and soldiers
The Islamic State convert was caught carrying out reconnaissance of police stations, railway stations and an army barracks in 2021 and 2022
King, from Wickford in Essex, was put under police surveillance after his mother reported him to anti-extremism agency Prevent
His original sentencing was delayed after King threatened to behead a prison imam - his lawyer said it was "a throwaway" comment
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