A drug user with mental health problems told police a voice of a Manchester attack victim told him to carry out the plot.
The court heard that, when detectives searched his room, they found fireworks that had been tampered with, fuses, a remote control and igniter. A firing device was also delivered to his home two days after he was arrested.
Judge Peter Lodder QC said:"The detonation of one or more of these fireworks at Morden mosque may have risked the lives of those nearby." "In that context you are contrasted with a determined and dedicated terrorist. But terrorist acts are not limited to those who do not have similar vulnerabilities to you.A firing system was delivered Steven Bishop's home two days after his arrest
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