The 31-year-old Brit, a Muslim convert who officially changed his name by to Ashraf Islam in 2010, handed himself in to the police the day after Drummer Lee Rigby was brutally killed in south-east London in May last year saying he intended to kill Prince Harry because the royal “had blood on his hands”.
Even though Islam didn’t act upon his plans and they were found to be “vague and unlikely to succeed” Judge Richard McGregor-Johnson deemed him a risk to the public and sent him to prison for three years. Islam had carried out “extensive research” the Judge said and “had given the matter considerable thought”. The plot involved Islam using a low-calibre pistol at close range.
“I accept that there is nothing here that could be described as professional plans,” the Judge said, adding that he had considered a longer sentence.
The defense lawyer claimed her client had a “personality disorder”.
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