Two British nationals accused of an alleged Iran-backed plot targeting RAF Fairford believed they were driving vans for a ‘business venture’ until they were told there was a bomb inside, a court has heard.
A group of men were allegedly instructed to drive vans loaded with petrol to the base by a handler known as ‘Ali’, before one of them phoned police after being informed a bomb was onboard.
Nouman Essghir and wheelchair-bound Mohmed Abdulkarim, both 24 and from Westminster in London, are charged over the suspected terror incident outside the Gloucestershire base on September 27.
Abdulkarim is charged with assisting a foreign intelligence service
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