Teenage boy jailed for ‘plotting to behead UK soldier’

A British teenager has been sentenced to 22 years in jail after being found guilty of plotting to behead a soldier.

Brusthom Ziamani, 19, from Camberwell, South London, who was 18 at the time of his arrest, planned to kill a soldier.

He told police he also wanted to attack Prime Minister David Cameron and fly the black flag of ISIL over Downing Street, RT reported.

After his arrest in London last year, police discovered a 12-inch (30cm) knife and a hammer in his rucksack.

They also found a letter in his possession, which read: “We should do a 9/11, 7/7 and a Woolwich all in one day.”

The letter also glorified the murder of soldier Lee Rigby, who was killed by Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale outside Woolwich Barracks in May 2013.

“It is worrying to say the least that those who groomed him are able to groom and radicalize a young man in such a short period of time,” his lawyer, Naeem Mian, said.

“On any view it is a tragic case because this young man will spend a long time in custody after which he will inevitably be unemployable.”