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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Neha Gohil Midlands correspondent

‘Birmingham Four’ lawyers hope spycops inquiry will help reopen case

Police headshots of Tahir Aziz, Naweed Ali, Mohibur Rahman and Khobaib Hussain
From left: Tahir Aziz, Naweed Ali, Mohibur Rahman and Khobaib Hussain, who were arrested in 2017 and convicted of planning a terrorist attack. Photograph: West Midlands police/PA

Lawyers representing four men convicted of terror offences are increasingly hopeful that revelations from the undercover policing inquiry could boost the chances of their case being reopened.

Ten years ago, Khobaib Hussain, Naweed Ali, Mohibur Rahman and Tahir Aziz were arrested and later convicted of plotting a terrorist attack in the UK after an elaborate covert police operation.

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