"Getty An alleged "hitman for hire" has appeared in court accused of planning violent attacks on two Pakistani dissidents at their UK homes. Regan, from Birmingham, is charged with plotting simultaneous assaults on human rights lawyer Mirza Shahzad Akbar and journalist Adil Raja, at 08:00 GMT on Christmas Eve last year. Westminster Magistrates' Court heard Regan, 25, is accused of leading a "planned and sophisticated" plot for both men to be attacked on their doorsteps."
"But the court heard Akbar was at a home when a group, allegedly led by Regan, knocked on his door. The prosecution say Mr Regan was the actual attacker that disguised himself in a workman's uniform, hi-vis jacket, helmet, gloves and a mask. They knocked on the door of Mr Akbar's house, and when Mr Akbar confirmed he was the person, he was then assaulted, punched numerous times to the face, causing him bruising, cuts and a broken nose."
Louis Regan, 25, from Birmingham, is charged with plotting simultaneous assaults on human rights lawyer Mirza Shahzad Akbar and journalist Adil Raja at 08:00 GMT on Christmas Eve. Prosecutors allege Regan led a planned and sophisticated plot and acted as the controlling mind behind both attacks. Akbar was reportedly at his Cambridgeshire home when a group knocked and an attacker disguised as a workman assaulted him, causing bruising, cuts and a broken nose. A group visited Raja's Chesham address but found he was not home. Reconnaissance trips to both addresses are said to have been conducted. Regan is a sport and exercise science student at Canterbury University and has been remanded.
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