A former Premier League trainee and his friend were today jailed for a total of nine years and three months after an undercover police operation revealed their plans to join ISIS by escaping Britain in the back of a lorry.
Anas Abdalla, 27, and Gabriel Rasmus, 30, were foiled after telling an undercover police officer, known as Muhamed, about their plans.
Rasmus boasted if he stayed in this country 'he would commit a terrorist attack here', and praised the Charlie Hebdo attackers a for doing a 'good job'.
Abdalla, who was a trainee for Aston Villa, claimed that MI5 had turned on him after he rebuffed their attempts to recruit him and parts of his trial were heard in secret while the allegations were addressed.