Birmingham terrorist Parviz Khan who plotted to behead soldier denied parole

A terrorist from Birmingham who planned to kidnap and behead a British Muslim soldier has been denied parole.

Fanatic Parviz Khan, 50, from Alum Rock, plotted to lure the soldier off the streets with the promise of drugs before killing him “like a pig” and filming his beheading.

The father-of-three admitted the kidnap plot and was jailed for a minimum of 14-years in 2008.

But his plea to be freed was rejected after the board said it was “not satisfied” Khan was suitable for release.

The Parole Board said he had “problems with his self-identity and had needed the excitement and status which involvement in terrorist conspiracies had provided. This raised concerns about his ways of thinking and the decisions he made.”

The BBC reported that Khan – who received a subsequent conviction for violence in prison – has taken part in “highly specialised interventions with regard to ideological, identity and terrorism concerns.”

It added Khan himself recognised he was not ready for release on parole licence. Is is understood his release will be considered in two years.

Khan has previously pleaded guilty 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.

He was claiming benefits of more than £20,000-per-year and claimed to be the carer for his elderly mother during the time of the kidnap plot.

Four other men – Basiru Gassama, Zahoor Iqbal, Mohammed Irfan and Hamid Elasmar – were jailed along with with prime move Khan from the Birmingham-based cell.

Sentencing Khan at the time, 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.”

Source: Birmingham Mail