Maniac who believed in beheadings and killing non-believers: How Streatham attacker Sudesh Amaan, 20, was jailed for having bomb-making manuals, planned an atrocity over Skype, and urged his girlfriend to kill her own parents
- Sudesh Amman, from Harrow, was jailed for 13 terror offences in December 2018
- However, ISIS fanatic was automatically released from prison just a few days ago
- On Sunday, he went on a knife rampage in Streatham before being shot dead
- Amman was jailed in 2018 for possessing and distributing terrorist documents
- He had written about knife attacks and asked his girlfriend to kill her parents
The terrorist shot dead in Streatham today was an ISIS fanatic who had previously been jailed for possessing and distributing terrorist documents, including bomb-making manuals and knife fighting guides.
Sudesh Amman, 20, from Harrow, was jailed for three years and four months in December 2018 for 13 terror offences.
When he was sentenced, he couldn’t stop laughing, grinning and waving to his mother and brother in the public gallery with no sign of remorse.
Police found notebooks belonging to the North West London College student when he was arrested, where he jotted down how to make explosives and wrote about how he wanted to be a martyr.
Amman asked his girlfriend to kill her parents because they were ‘kuffar’, showed her beheading videos and also shared how he was planning a terrorist attack in Queensbury, northwest London, during Skype chats.
On Sunday, just days after being automatically released from jail, he went on a knife rampage, stabbing two people before being shot dead.
ISIS fan Sudesh Amman, 18, was sentenced at the Old Bailey after he pleaded guilty to possessing and distributing terrorist documents
Amman’s stash of manuals on bomb making, knife fighting and close combat included the titles Bloody Brazilian Knife Fighting and How to Make A Bomb In Your Kitchen.
Amman posted a link to a pdf copy of the ‘Inspire’ magazine focusing on the idea of the ‘Lone Jihad’ in a family WhatsApp group in January this year, exposing children as young as 11 to extremist material.
The document contained an article about ‘the successful pressure cooker bomb’ and provided detailed instructions on how to maximise casualties through the use of IEDs.
After he was jailed, Alexis Boon, head of the Met Police counter-terrorism command, said: ‘His fascination with dying in the name of terrorism was clear in a notepad we recovered from his home.’
At the time of his trial, prosecutor Kelly Brocklehurst said: ‘The defendant had discussed with his family, friends and girlfriend his strong and often extreme views on jihad, the kuffar, and his desire to carry out a terrorist attack.
Photos from the scene show a lifeless body, thought to be that of Sudesh Amman, face down on the pavement with what have been described as ‘silver canisters’ strapped to his chest with a large knife is lying beside him
Armed police shot Amman dead after his horrific knife rampage in Streatham this afternoon
‘Much of his fascination with conducting an attack was focused on using a knife but reference was also made to committing acid attacks on mopeds.
‘The Crown contends that the defendant’s interest in Islamic extremism and Daesh in particular is more than a mere immature fascination with the taboo and with graphic violence. He is clearly someone with sincerely held and concerning ideological beliefs which motivate him to collect and disseminate such material.
‘For example, he is seen telling his girlfriend in online chat how he has declared a pledge to Islamic State and wishes to purge society and carry out acid attacks. Elsewhere he is seen telling her he prefers the idea of a knife attack over use of bombs.’
On Sunday, while wearing a fake suicide vest, Amman stole a £3.99 blade from a convenience store and stabbed a man in the stomach before knifing a female cyclist in the back.
Armed police were on the scene within minutes, having been following him because they suspected he was going to launch a terrorist attack imminently. After he failed to stop, Amman was shot dead outside a Boots chemist.
After the rampage, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the government would announce further plans for ‘fundamental changes to the system for dealing with those convicted of terrorism offences’ on Monday.
A Whitehall source claimed he was released despite concerns because the law didn’t give them the power to keep him in jail.
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