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A Man who drove into cyclists, and police officials outside of Parliament to prison For Life for attempted murder.

Saleh Khater, 30, of Highgate Street, Birmingham, has. his car to members of The Public prior to evasive movement in the direction of the officers in Parliament Square on 14 August, 2018

He has to serve, the said a minimum of 15 years in prison, the Old Bailey judge.

Khater was accused of trying to cause maximum carnage, and it was said, "a miracle" no one was killed.

a silver Ford Fiesta driven by Khater smashed into a safety barrier

The court was told, he tried to "kill as many people as possible" with his Ford Fiesta.

CCTV footage showed, as he careered into a safety lane and crashed into the barriers, such as two police officers jumped out of the way.

Alison Morgan QC told jurors Khater attack was "intentional and deliberate" and had a terrorist motive.

The defendant claimed, he had driven to London, to get the Sudanese Embassy for a visa, But "lost" in and around Westminster and panicked.

But a jury rejected his explanation for The Crash , and two charges of murder and attempted murder In July .

In damage control, Peter Carter QC told the court Khater had not yet offered an explanation for what he did.

He argues: "The absence of evidence is not a reasonable basis for drawing a conclusion, there is evidence of a terrorist connection. "

But Mrs justice McGowan found Khater had intentionally copied terrorists.

"your undoubted intention was to kill as many people as possible and to spread fear and terror," She Said , adding that he "replicated the actions of others who have acted, no doubt, with terrorist Motives ".

It was "a miracle" that nobody died as a result of the defendant's actions, which belongs to the Old Bailey

The court heard Khater, born in Sudan before he had asylum in the UK in 2010, and claimed that he was tortured in his country of birth.

In the months before The Attack , Khater, showed signs of "paranoia" about the British authorities, E-Mail head of the Labour party, Jeremy Corbyn concern about an "event" with the secret services.

Richard Smith , head of the Met's Counter Terrorism Command, said: "This was A Man who try to his car as a weapon in order to kill as many people as possible, to spread fear and terror.

"It was our view that this attack was carried out with a terrorist purpose, and the verdict confirming this," he added.

birmingham, city of westminster

Source of news: bbc.com