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Hyde Park terror plotter Edward Little jailed for at least 16 years

Source: PA Media

A homegrown terrorist who was just 10 minutes away from getting a gun to launch an attack at London’s Hyde Park has been jailed for life in his absence.

Edward Little, 22, had targeted a Christian preacher who regularly appeared at Speaker’s Corner but could have killed anyone who got in his way, police said.

The defendant, who converted to Islam in prison, settled on the plan after rejecting a mass gun attack on the late Queen’s funeral in Westminster.

He was arrested on his way to buy a gun in south London and went on to plead guilty to preparing acts of terrorism.

Last month, three members of a crime

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