A teenager who planned an Islamic State-inspired terrorist attack on a pop concert a month after the Manchester Arena bombing has been given a life sentence and told he will serve at least 11 years in prison before being considered for parole. Lloyd Gunton, 17, researched security for a Justin Bieber gig in Cardiff and wrote a “martyrdom letter”. I have attacked Cardiff today because your government keep on bombing targets in Syria and Iraq. The judge told the teenager: “I sentence you on the basis that at the time of your arrest you were within hours of committing an act of atrocity on the streets of Cardiff. “I am sure that you planned not just the killing of one person but rather mass murder.

Source: The Guardian March 02, 2018 13:50 UTC