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The prosecution will consider the basis of the guilty plea. A two-day sentencing hearing has been set for 22/23 July 2026 at Manchester Crown Court. Following the terrorist attack that took place at the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in October 2025, Counter Terrorism Policing North West launched a large-scale investigation, drawing resources from across the...
Updates from Counter Terrorism Policing regarding the incident in Manchester
An investigation led by Counter Terrorism Policing London saw officers identify the suspects who fled the UK immediately after the attack. Working closely with the Romanian authorities, the Crown Prosecution Service and National Crime Agency, extradition warrants for the men were obtained. This led to their return to the UK and Nandito Badea, 21 (08.12.2004),...
Update – Wednesday 27th May 2026 The 49-year-old man arrested in Salford yesterday (Tuesday 26 May 2026) in connection with the terrorist attack at the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue has been bailed. The man was arrested on suspicion of failing to disclose information regarding terrorist activity, contrary to S38B of the Terrorism Act 2000....
A woman who attacked a stranger from behind with an axe in the middle of a summer's afternoon has received a 19-and-a-half year sentence, including a custodial term of 15-and-a-half years, for attempted murder.
A 23-year-old Birmingham man who was a self-appointed Islamic State media activist has been jailed for six years after admitting being a member of the proscribed terrorism organisation. Musa Abdrabba, from Newport Road, Balsall Heath, has been handed a six-year sentence after he pleaded guilty in September to two charges of belonging to a proscribed...
This was disrupted when police arrested a group of people who were carrying out activity targeting a woman based in Pontefract, who was being accused by her former employer in Hong Kong of fraud. Commander Helen Flanagan, Head of Counter Terrorism Policing London, which led the investigation said: “The activity by Wai and Yuen was both...
A man who amassed a haul of weapons, explosive substances and items linked to Nazi ideology at his Cambridgeshire home has been jailed. Paul Page draped flags emblazoned with swastikas across the ceiling of an outbuilding at his Parson’s Lane property in Littleport and possessed manuals on how to produce explosives and manufacture firearms. The...
A teenager has been jailed after he admitted possessing terrorist material following an investigation by Counter Terrorism Policing London. Dihan Rahman, aged 19 (15.09.06) of Southhall, downloaded guides on how to build bombs as well as content related to various terrorist ideologies, including extreme right-wing and Islamist material. CTP London detectives uncovered the videos after...
Abdullah Sabah Albadri, aged 34, attempted to gain entry to the diplomatic premises in Kensington on 28 April last year armed with two knives. However, his attack was quickly thwarted by armed officers from the Met’s Parliamentary and Diplomatic Protection Command, who immediately intervened and prevented Albadri from climbing over the gates of the Embassy....
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