Inside the terrifying arsenal of Mr and Mrs Terror: Couple guilty of plotting ISIS-style suicide attack on Westfield

The pair were found guilty at the Old Bailey of preparing terrorist attacks.

A HUSBAND and wife were yesterday found guilty of plotting a suicide bombing to mark the tenth anniversary of the 7/7 attacks. Mohammed Rehman, 25, and Sana Khan, 24, face life behind bars at sentencing today.

The target - Westfield shopping centre in London

The would be jihadi’s plot came undone after Rehman who dubbed himself the silent bomber  sent out a tweet asking for tips on which was the best target. Tweeting out a picture of Jihadi John, the fundamentalist appealed to his followers asking: “Westfield shopping centre or London Underground?

Traces of chemicals were found on the Rehman's clothing

Any advice would be appreciated greatly.”Cops then swooped on his home in Reading where they discovered 10kg of nitrate explosives, double the amount of powder the failed 21/7 London bombing attempts used.

Rehman tested a home made explosive device in his garden in Reading

Rehman was just days from completing the bomb which could have killed multiple people had he not been foiled by anti-terror police. Khan funded her husband, who stockpiled the chemicals and even videoed himself setting off a small explosion in his back garden.

The couple stockpiled deadly chemicals

Rehman had called 7/7 bomber Shehzad Tanweer his “beloved predecessor” and was also a fan of deceased ISIS executioner Jihadi John. Middle class Khan was the daughter of a Justice of the Peace had dreams of becoming a teacher after leaving university with a degree in English.

Deadly equipment was discoverd at Rehman's flat

But her life took a turn after she descended into a world of drugs and extremism as she secretly married her terrorist husband without her family knowing. She bankrolled Rehman’s terrorist activities using payday loans to purchase lethal chemicals and repeatedly watching Tanweer’s 7/7 martyrdom video.

Cops discovered a list of items needed for an IED

In total she gave her jihadi husband more than £12,000 over 17 months taking out four £800 payday loans from the company QuickQuid, the court heard. Security services were alerted when Rehman started spewing hate filled Islamist rants on twitter telling one follower: “Are you actually trying? Why don't you head to the London Underground on the 7th of July if YOU got the balls.”

He also tweeted after posting a picture of bucket of explosives: "Not bad for an amateur LOL a martyrs nutrition!" The dangerous jihadi even bragged: “I'm preparing for an Istishaadi [martyrdom] operation. Now I just make explosives in preparations for kuffar lol & when I've made the required amount I'll be wearing them on my chest”.

Following his arrest he claimed to be pretending to be a “Jihadi warrior” and turned on his wife in court with each accusing the other of being the “real extremist”. Last night the couple’s family denounced the twisted bid to blow up London Underground or the capital’s Westfield shopping centre.

Rehman’s mum Kha, 50, said: “It’s heartbreaking. He just makes us want to hate him. I still can’t believe he’s my son. I doubt I’ll ever forgive him.” Sister Yasim, 23, said: “What was in his devil head? When I whispered to Mum about his plan to blow up a Tube train she started crying and said, ‘I can’t believe I’ve given birth to a person with such a black heart’.

Dad Zia, 53, said: “He was too much into computers. Someone must have put him on the wrong track.”
Prosecutors said the couple’s secret marriage in 2013 showed they were deceitful and led a double life.

The Old Bailey jury found the pair, of Earley, Berks, guilty of preparing terrorist acts, and Rehman guilty of possession of articles for terrorist purposes.