‘Terror-plot’ mum bought chemicals

Execution videos found on laptop
A WOMAN facing terrorism charges bought chemicals at the request of her husband, which he would then prepare to turn into home-made explosives.

Shasta Khan (38) told police she was told to “mind her own business” when she asked why her husband, Sajid (33), was requesting to use the peroxide she used for her home-based hairdressing business.

Her husband also used other chemicas from her hairdressing business.

She told police he would often carry out “experiments” and store chemicals in a fridge-freezer in the garden.

Mrs Khan has denied a charge of being involved in the preparation of acts of terrorism and three charges of possessing information useful to a potential terrorist

Her husband has pleaded guilty to all four counts.

After Mrs Khan was arrested last July police found liquid peroxide, safety glasses, firelighters, needles, lighting fluid, a blender, thermometers and batteries at their home.

On a computer they also discovered a deleted copy of an al-Qaeda magazine which contained a detailed description of how to build a home-made explosive.

There was also a folder named “Executions”, in which 71 video files of people being killed were stored

Mrs Khan told police before her arrest her husband had watched the videos and often shown them to her. She said she thought they were “sick”.

Mrs Khan claims she had nothing to do with her husband’s activities and the couple were estranged by July 22, but the prosecution alleges she was a willing participant.




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