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Associate of Manchester Synagogue Attacker Jailed for Plotting Defence Academy Attack

Greater Manchester Police apologised for failing to analyse devices seized before the synagogue massacre and the IOPC has opened a review of the force’s prior handling of the case.

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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his wife Victoria Starmer visit the site of the Manchester synagogue attack, where multiple people were killed on Yom Kippur in what police have declared a terrorist incident, in north Manchester, Britain, October 3, 2025. REUTERS/Hannah McKay/File Photo
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Overview

  • Prosecutors said Mohammad Bashir drove Jihad Al‑Shamie on a 10‑hour round trip to the UK Defence Academy in Shrivenham on August 14, 2025 to carry out hostile reconnaissance.
  • Manchester Crown Court sentenced Bashir on Thursday to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 17 years after he pleaded guilty to preparing terrorist acts.
  • Investigators linked the pair through mosque CCTV and WhatsApp messages and voice notes recovered from phones that had been seized from Al‑Shamie earlier in 2025.
  • Police and prosecutors said there is no evidence that Bashir took part in the October 2, 2025 Heaton Park synagogue attack that killed two worshippers and in which Al‑Shamie was shot dead by officers.
  • Greater Manchester Police called the failure to review material on the seized devices a “missed opportunity,” the IOPC has launched a review, and inquests into the synagogue deaths are set for spring 2027.