Man is found guilty of plotting terror attack using an explosive device in a driverless car

Farhad Salah was found guilty at Sheffield Crown Court on Friday of preparing to commit acts of terrorism An Iraqi-Kurd asylum seeker has been found guilty of planning a Christmas terror attack using a bomb in a remotely-controlled vehicle. Prosecutors told the five-week trial that Salah and Mr Star were in the early stages of testing small improvised explosive devices when they were arrested in high-profile raids on their homes in a Sheffield community centre and a Chesterfield fish and chip shop in December 2017. Farhad Salah's bedroom is pictured in a police photograph taken during a raid of his home The judge told Mr Star he could go free but informed that he will continue to be detained on immigration matters Opening the case, prosecutor Anne Whyte QC told the jury: 'The intention was to manufacture a device which would be placed in a vehicle but controlled remotely so that no-one had to martyr themselves in the process.' Prosecutors told the five-week trial that Salah and Mr Star, 32, were in the early stages of testing small improvised explosive devices when they were arrested in high-profile raids on their homes in a Sheffield community centre and a Chesterfield fish-and-chip shop in December 2017.