A Muslim convert who called himself 'Lone Wolf' has been found guilty of plotting terror attacks on police buildings and military targets.
Jason Savage researched firearms and the "lethal use of knives" and planned to carry out attacks on police officers and soldiers.
A court heard the 35-year-old also watched "barbaric" Islamic State videos and carried out reconnaissance on a book store and mosque he intended to "flatten."
On the day of his arrest in March, Savage said in a voice note to a friend he would “see him in paradise” and believed the activity he was planning would result in him not surviving.
But unknown to him he had been revealing his plans to an undercover officer and was arrested before any atrocity could be carried out.
Jason Savage researched firearms and the "lethal use of knives" and planned to carry out attacks on police officers and soldiers.
A court heard the 35-year-old also watched "barbaric" Islamic State videos and carried out reconnaissance on a book store and mosque he intended to "flatten."
On the day of his arrest in March, Savage said in a voice note to a friend he would “see him in paradise” and believed the activity he was planning would result in him not surviving.
But unknown to him he had been revealing his plans to an undercover officer and was arrested before any atrocity could be carried out.
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00:00so all the traffic's cool up there another road here one that way that seems like the best way
00:08that seems like the best way to get away from police will probably come from that way and that
00:13way so this seems like a better route all that's all down there right left is no good
00:30they've got a school there although that's the only problem so he is clearly a very dangerous
00:35individual three days prior to his arrest he was visiting locations that he targeted in order to
00:42scope out and research exit and entrance routes also escape routes if police would come sent a
00:48number of messages to somebody he believed to be his friend in actual fact he was an undercover
00:54officer and those messages were really concerning clearly the attack could have resulted in serious
00:59harm and injury or even fatality one of the message that he sent alluded to i will see you in paradise
01:06he may not have thought that he would survive the action that he was planning on taking he also
01:11photographed and filmed police stations and military bases as well which is equally concerning we deployed
01:18officers to apprehend and arrest him in order to ensure that the public was protected and the attack
01:24that didn't take place i'm arresting you minor on suspicion i've been a terrorist okay contrary to
01:31section 41 of the terrorism act for the preparation commission of terrorism if the arrest is
01:38necessary listen to me jason okay for public protection so you can't injure anyone all right it's another made up thing
01:44so it's really really important that members of the public and the community always are vigilant in
01:58terms of looking for any suspicious activity or behavior particularly with close friends family
02:04members and loved ones to notice and identify any changes of behavior you can make sure that the
02:09appropriate support is put in place in relation to any vulnerabilities that are identified we do rely
02:15heavily on working with partner agencies as well to make sure that people and families get the
02:20appropriate support needed and are signposted to the appropriate agencies but it's really important
02:25that we identify this at the earliest opportunity to put this intervention in place to prevent anything
02:31serious from happening further down the line