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Leader of plot to behead soldier jailed for life   (West Midlands Police handout) Parviz Khan sent terrorist equipment to Pakistan     Nico Hines and Andrew Norfolk   The fanatical leader of an Islamist terror cell in Birmingham, who plotted to kidnap a British Muslim soldier and broadcast footage of him being beheaded “like a pig”, was sentenced to life in prison today. Leicester Crown Court heard that Parviz Khan, 37, had exported equipment to terrorists in Pakistan as well as planning the attack in the UK. The judge said he would serve a minimum of 14 years....

LONDON (Reuters) - A man accused of being involved in a plot to kidnap and kill a British Muslim soldier will face trial early next year, a London court heard on Friday. Parviz Khan, 36, is accused of "intention to kidnap and kill a member of the British armed forces" in a plan media reports said would involve copying militants' tactics in Iraq by beheading the soldier and posting the killing on the Internet. The father-of-four was one of a group of men arrested in Birmingham in a major anti-terrorism operation last month. Khan and four other suspects appeared via...