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Fanatic Parviz Khan, who plotted to kidnap and kill a British Muslim soldier, has been jailed for life.

Khan, 37, of Foxton Road, Alum Rock, Birmingham, who planned to lure the soldier off the streets with the promise of drugs and film his beheading, was told he would serve a minimum of 14 years.

Khan admitted the kidnap plot. He also pleaded guilty at Leicester Crown Court via video link from prison to supplying equipment to terrorists in Pakistan and two counts of being in possession of a record or document likely to be of use to a terrorist.

Sentencing Khan in his absence, Mr Justice Henriques said: "You have been described by the Crown as a man who has the most violent and extreme Islamist views and as a fanatic. Having studied over the last month (the covert recordings), I unhesitatingly accept that description of you. You not only plotted to kill a soldier but you intended to film a most brutal killing."

Khan's aim, said the judge, was to deter any Muslim from joining the British Army.

"This was not only a plot to kill a soldier but a plot to undermine the morale of the British Army and inhibit recruitment," he said.

"It's plain that you were absolutely serious and determined to bring this plot to fruition."

Basiru Gassama, 30, of Radstock Avenue, Hodge Hill, pleaded guilty at a previous hearing to a failure to disclose information about the plot. He was sentenced to two years' imprisonment.

Mohammed Irfan, 31, of Asquith Road, Ward End, and Hamid Elasmar, 44, of Bristol Road, Edgbaston, both pleaded guilty to engaging in conduct with the intention of assisting in the commission of acts of terrorism - namely helping Khan to supply the equipment. Irfan was sentenced to four years' imprisonment, while Elasmar was sentenced to three years and four months.

Zahoor Iqbal, 30, of Elmbridge Road, Perry Barr, was found guilty by the jury at Leicester of the same charge. He was sentenced to seven years' imprisonment.