Man convicted of planning terrorist acts discussed targeting Jews in Stamford Hill

Commander Dean Haydon, head of the Metropolitan Police’s Counter Terrorism Command, said: “To his friends and colleagues Shikhey was, on the face of it, leading a normal life here in London. But unbeknown to them and to his wife and family in Holland, he was a supporter of Daesh and had for about a year been planning how he could leave the UK and travel out to join Daesh [Isis].

“Thanks to the information we received from the Kenyan authorities and the good work here by my detectives thereafter, we have been able to thwart his attempts and stop him from joining Daesh and committing terrorist acts over there.”

Officers launched an investigation in February 2017, after they received information from Kenya intelligence officials.

In May 2017, police became aware that Shikhey had booked a flight from Stansted to Istanbul.

Officers arrested Shikhey at the airport before he could board the plane.

During the trial the court was told how Shikhey had written that there were “a lot of Jews” in  Stamford Hill in a series of messages to the man in Kenya.

Discussing  a possible terror attack in the area, he said it would be best to find AK47s and other automatic weapons, adding: “They could have been taken to Stamford Hill and when people leave from their game.”

Prosecutor Barnaby Jameson told the court this appeared to be a reference to White Hart Lane.

Mr Shikhey was remanded in custody and will be sentenced on March 15.