V064-REINO UNIDO CONDENA ISIS

STORY: Two men were jailed on Friday (February 13) for plotting to kill hundreds in an Islamic State-inspired attack on the Jewish community in England, a plan prosecutors said could have been deadlier than December's mass shooting at Sydney's Bondi Beach.

Walid Saadaoui, 38, and Amar Hussein, 52, were both convicted after a trial at Preston Crown Court, which began a week after an unrelated deadly attack on a synagogue in the nearby northwest city of Manchester.

Prosecutors said the pair were Islamist extremists who wanted to use automatic firearms to kill as many Jews as they could.

Judge Mark Wall sentenced Saadaoui to a minimum term of 37 years and Hussein to a minimum term of 26 years, saying: "You were very close to being ready to carry out this plan."

DESCRIPCIÓN DE IMÁGENES

Two men jailed in UK over IS-inspired plot to kill hundreds of Jews

VIDEO SHOWS: FILE FOOTAGE OF ARREST, MUGSHOTS AND EVIDENCE PHOTOS RELATED TO TRIAL OF THREE MEN CHARGED WITH PLOTTING ATTACK ON JEWISH COMMUNITY / POLICE INTERVIEWS WITH TWO MEN SENTENCED OVER PLOT

EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: PROFANITY IN SHOT 1 / BLURRING AT SOURCE

SENDING WITH COMPLETE SCRIPT

SHOWS: BOLTON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (FILE - MAY 8, 2024) (GREATER MANCHESTER POLICE - No resales. No archive. Must on-screen courtesy Greater Manchester Police)

1. POLICE OFFICER CHASING AND THROWING TO GROUND WALID SAADAOUI DURING ARREST

2. OFFICERS HOLDING WALID SAADAOUI NEXT TO CAR / ARRESTING OFFICER SAYING: "I am arresting you on suspicion of being a terrorist. In that, you have been concerned in commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism, contrary to section 40 (1)(b) of the Terrorism Act 2000. You are suspected of preparing for a terrorist attack in the UK."

UNKNOWN LOCATION (FILE - MAY 8, 2024) (GREATER MANCHESTER POLICE - No resales. No archive. Must on-screen courtesy Greater Manchester Police)

3. AMAR HUSSEIN IN POLICE VAN / POLICE OFFICERS LEADING HANDCUFFED HUSSEIN AWAY

UNKNOWN LOCATION (FILE - MAY 10, 2024) (GREATER MANCHESTER POLICE - No resales. No archive. Must on-screen courtesy Greater Manchester Police)

4. HUSSEIN DURING POLICE INTERVIEW / (SOUNDBITE) (English) AMAR HUSSEIN SAYING:

POLICE OFFICER: "He's also said that you've mentioned about being a supporter of ISIS."

HUSSEIN: "No, I don't answer this question."

POLICE OFFICER: "Are you a supporter of ISIS?"

HUSSEIN: "Do you want an answer? Yes."

POLICE OFFICER: "You are?"

HUSSEIN: "Yes, yes."

POLICE OFFICER: "Okay tell me about that."

HUSSEIN: "No I don't told you anything. They are Muslim. That's it. They are Muslim."

POLICE OFFICER: "What is it about them that you support?"

HUSSEIN: "They are Muslims. They make Sharia. They make Sharia, yes."

SECOND POLICE OFFICER: "Is there a difference between ISIS and some other people who say they're Muslims?

HUSSEIN: "Yeah, all Muslims they are hypocrites, but the ISIS, they are real Muslims. They make Sharia."

UNKNOWN LOCATION (FILE - MAY 9, 2024) (GREATER MANCHESTER POLICE - No resales. No archive. Must on-screen courtesy Greater Manchester Police)

5. WALID SAADAOUI DURING POLICE INTERVIEW / (SOUNDBITE) (English) WALID SAADAOUI SAYING:

POLICE OFFICER: "So up until the point today, you've been discussing a male that you referred to as Bilal. The male that, not your brother, the male that you traveled down to London to meet."

WALID SAADAOUI: "Okay."

POLICE OFFICER: "And that you met at the last drop earlier on today. Sorry, earlier yesterday, okay. So what I'm going to advise you at this moment in time is that Bilal is an undercover operative. So as a result of that, we have information that would suggest that yourself, your brother, Bilal, and Amar are involved in terrorist attack planning."

WALID SAADAOUI: "Right. Like I said to you before, whether he's undercover or not, I was not expecting any guns to come over. I was not involved in any planning of harming people, like I said before. And what I said to you is truth. I said the truth."

SECOND POLICE OFFICER: "Do you understand what's just been said to you?

WALID SAADAOUI: "Yeah, he said to me he's undercover."

SECOND POLICE OFFICER: "Just have a think about that, let that digest."

WALID SAADAOUI: "What I said wasn't the truth, I'll stick to what I said."

POLICE OFFICER: "So, what I want you to consider, Walid, is that all the contact that you've had with that person, all your direct contact with that person, has been direct contact with an operative working for the police. So all the nature of the conversation that you've had, all the actions that you've carried out, all the arrangements that have been made, we are aware of that. We're aware of information that you might have told the person you believe was Bilal about activities that you were planning on getting involved with. I'm explaining what we're aware of to see whether you..."

UNKNOWN LOCATION (FILE) (GREATER MANCHESTER POLICE - No resales. No archive. Must on-screen courtesy Greater Manchester Police) (ORIGINALLY SHOT IN PORTRAIT)

6. PERSON LOADING MAGAZINE AND HOLDING RIFLE

7. PERSON IN PRONE POSITION SHOOTING RIFLE

UNKNOWN LOCATION (FILE) (GREATER MANCHESTER POLICE - No resales. No archive. Must on-screen courtesy Greater Manchester Police) (MUTE)

8. MUGSHOT OF AMAR HUSSEIN

9. MUGSHOT OF BILEL SAADAOUI

10. MUGSHOT OF WALID SAADAOUI

11. STILL PHOTOGRAPH OF WEAPONS AND MAGAZINES WRAPPED IN TINFOIL

12. STILL PHOTOGRAPH OF PART OF RIFLE IN TINFOIL

13. STILL PHOTOGRAPH OF RIFLE MAGAZINES IN TINFOIL

14. STILL PHOTOGRAPH OF RIFLES AND MAGAZINES

15. STILL PHOTOGRAPH OF PISTOL

16. STILL PHOTOGRAPH OF CASH IN SAFE