LONDON: A British supporter of Islamic State who admitted to planning anattack on Prince George was on Friday jailed for life.

Husnain Rashid, of Nelson, in the northern English county of Lancashire,will spend a minimum of 25 years behind bars.

He dramatically changed his plea during trial and admitted a string ofterror offences related to the plot to target the four-year-old heir to thethrone.

Jurors at Woolwich Crown Court in London heard the 32-year-old used aTelegram chat group in October to call on supporters to attack George, theeldest son of Prince William and his wife Kate.

The young prince had started at a school in south-west London, a monthearlier.

Rashid posted a photograph of George at the school super-imposed withsilhouettes of two masked militants.

“Even the royal family will not be left alone,” he wrote in accompanyingmessages, adding: “School starts early.”

Judge Andrew Lees, in sentencing him, said: “The message was clear – youwere providing the name and address of Prince George’s school, an image ofPrince George’s school and the instruction or threat that Prince George andother members of the royal family should be viewed as potential targets.”

He added: “You provided what you regarded as inspiration for suitabletargets for lone wolf terror attacks.”

Rashid admitted three counts of engaging in conduct in preparation ofterrorist acts, and was given a life sentence for each, and one count ofencouraging terrorism.

During the trial prosecutors suggested that Rashid planned to flee to Syriato fight for IS.

He also posted suggestions of which British football stadiums terroristscould strike following the deadly attack outside Besiktas’s ground inTurkey, and plotted to inject ice cream with poison. – APP/AFP