Manchester synagogue attacker’s friend who planned MoD base terror attack jailed for life

Mohammad Asim Bashir was sentenced at Manchester Crown Court to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 16 years and 135 days - (PA)

A “committed jihadist” who plotted a terror attack on a UK defence base with Manchester synagogue knife assailant Jihad Al-Shamie has been jailed for life.

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’s Defence Academy in Shrivenham, Swindon, on 14 August last year, Manchester Crown Court heard.