Four men have pleaded guilty to charges surrounding a plot to kidnap and behead a British soldier "like a pig", a court has heard.
Parviz Khan, 38, an unemployed charity worker, admitted to a conspiracy to have the unnamed soldier kidnapped by drug dealers and taken to a lock-up where his head was to be cut off .
The kidnapping would have been filmed and posted on the internet, Leicester Crown Court was told.
Khan, the ringleader, and three others admitted to a series of charges surrounding the plot earlier this month, but it could not be reported until a jury trying two other men on similar charges was sworn in today.
Amjad Mahmood, 33, and Zahoor Iqbal, 31, have pleaded not guilty to involvement in the plot.
Parviz Khan, 38, an unemployed charity worker, admitted to a conspiracy to have the unnamed soldier kidnapped by drug dealers and taken to a lock-up where his head was to be cut off .
The kidnapping would have been filmed and posted on the internet, Leicester Crown Court was told.
Khan, the ringleader, and three others admitted to a series of charges surrounding the plot earlier this month, but it could not be reported until a jury trying two other men on similar charges was sworn in today.
Amjad Mahmood, 33, and Zahoor Iqbal, 31, have pleaded not guilty to involvement in the plot.
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