Overview
- Mohammad Bashir admitted at the Old Bailey on June 5 that he prepared terrorist acts and was remanded pending a two-day sentencing hearing set for July 20 and 21.
- Prosecutors say Bashir drove attacker Jihad al‑Shamie to the UK Defence Academy in Shrivenham on August 14, 2025 to carry out hostile reconnaissance.
- The trip occurred weeks before the October 2, 2025 attack at Heaton Park synagogue in which two worshippers, Melvin Cravitz and Adrian Daulby, were killed and the attacker was shot dead by police.
- Bashir still faces separate charges for allegedly sharing extremist material on WhatsApp from November–December 2024 and prosecutors told the court those counts could be ordered to lie on file.
- Counter Terrorism Policing and Greater Manchester Police say the wider inquiry remains active with multiple arrests, including an eighth arrest in late May 2026, as investigators probe who else may have known of or aided the attacker.