"He and fellow plotter Mohammed Sharfaraz Ahmed discussed making the IED using instructions in an al-Qaeda manual. Iqbal was caught on covert recordings telling Ahmed: I was looking and drove past like the TA centre, Marsh Road. At the bottom of their gate there's quite a big gap. If you had a little toy car it drives underneath one of their vehicles or something."
"Parole Board decisions are solely focused on what risk a prisoner could represent to the public if released and whether that risk is manageable in the community. A panel will carefully examine a huge range of evidence, including details of the original crime, and any evidence of behaviour change, as well as explore the harm done and impact the crime has had on the victims."
Zahid Iqbal and Mohammed Sharfaraz Ahmed planned an al-Qaeda-inspired attack involving a homemade IED concealed in a remote-controlled toy car driven under the gates of a Territorial Army centre in Luton. Covert recordings captured Iqbal describing driving past the TA centre and exploiting a gap under the gate to send the toy car beneath vehicles. The pair were arrested after raids and jailed in 2013 for 16 years, with minimum terms of 11 years and three months. The Parole Board has directed Iqbal's release three years earlier than his maximum sentence following an oral hearing. The shadow home secretary has urged the justice secretary to veto the decision. The Parole Board stated panels assess public risk, evidence of behaviour change, and victim impact when deciding release.
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