The racist murderer of an 82-year-old grandfather who also plotted to bomb areas close to West Midlands mosques has died in prison.
Postgraduate student Pavlo Lapshyn stabbed Mohammed Saleem in April 2013 in Birmingham, less than a week after arriving in the UK.
He later appeared at the Old Bailey and pleaded guilty to murder and admitted plotting to cause the blasts near the mosques in Walsall, Tipton and Wolverhampton.
The 37-year-old, originally from Ukraine, died on Tuesday at HMP Wakefield, the Prison Service confirmed. “This was an abhorrent crime and our thoughts remain with Mr Saleem’s friends and family,” a spokesperson said.