Muslim Convert Jailed for Life for Plotting to Kill Christian Preacher at Speakers’ Corner

Published on December 15, 2023

LONDON—A Muslim convert who arranged to buy a gun from three gangsters in London and plotted to mount an attack on controversial and well-known Christian preacher Hatun Tash at Speakers’ Corner has been jailed for life. Edward Little, 22, had also mulled over launching a gun attack on the Queen’s funeral on Sept. 19, 2022, after converting to Islam while in prison. Little decided he was “too late” and instead targeted Ms. Tash, a former Muslim, who regularly debates Islam and the Quran at Speakers’ Corner. Little was due to appear at Friday’s sentencing hearing by videolink from Full Sutton prison in North Yorkshire but the court was informed he had chosen not to attend....

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