Associate of Manchester synagogue attacker planned terror attack on MoD base, court hears

Bashir, pleaded guilty to the preparation of terrorist acts last month - (PA)

A man planned a terror attack on a UK defence base with the person who went on to stab multiple people at a Manchester synagogue, a court was told.

Mohammad Bashir, 31, described as a “long-standing, committed jihadist”, drove Jihad Al-Shamie, 35, on a 10-hour round trip to conduct hostile reconnaissance at the UK Defence Academy in Shrivenham, Swindon, on August 14 last year.