He’s cleared of having ISIS mag in jail – because he said it wasn’t his

BIRMINGHAM

A Muslim extremist jailed for plotting to bomb an English Defence League rally has been cleared of smuggling a terrorist magazine into prison. Omar Khan, 31, was part of an Al Qaeda-inspired cell of six men who were plotting to attack the right-wing group’s Armed Forces Day rally. He was given a 24 year sentence in 2013 for his part in the plot. His gang’s arsenal included nail bombs, machetes and sawn-off shotgun, but the plot was foiled when the…

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