{"id":141530,"date":"2021-10-12T21:18:08","date_gmt":"2021-10-12T21:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=141530"},"modified":"2021-10-12T21:18:08","modified_gmt":"2021-10-12T21:18:08","slug":"fanatic-who-plotted-to-blow-up-army-base-set-to-be-released-after-parole-chiefs-rejected-government-appeal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/fanatic-who-plotted-to-blow-up-army-base-set-to-be-released-after-parole-chiefs-rejected-government-appeal\/","title":{"rendered":"Fanatic who plotted to blow up Army base set to be released after parole chiefs rejected government appeal"},"content":{"rendered":"

A FANATIC who plotted to blow up an Army base is set to be released after parole chiefs rejected a government appeal.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Zahid Iqbal, 39, was jailed for 16 years in 2013 after planning to send a remote-control toy car packed with explosives under gates at a TA base in Luton.<\/p>\n

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But the Parole Board ruled in June that he was fit to be freed. <\/p>\n

Then-Justice Secretary Robert Buckland condemned the decision as irrational and unfair.<\/p>\n

He had pointed to the closeness of Iqbal to another terrorist in jail and how he got money from an unknown source.<\/p>\n

But Board chairman Judge Michael Topolski QC described parts of the case as flawed and \u201cdevoid of merit\u201d.<\/p>\n

Speaking after their conviction, Deborah Walsh, of the Crown Prosecution Service\u2019s counter-terrorism unit, said the danger was real.<\/p>\n

She added: \u201cIndependent forensic evidence confirmed the device was viable.\u201d<\/p>\n