Murder suspect in court on Black Country mosque charges
A suspect in the murder of a Muslim pensioner was today charged with offences relating to explosions at Black Country mosques.
The charges were put to Ukrainian Pavlo Lapshyn as he appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court over the murder of Mohammed Saleem, aged 82, in Small Heath, Birmingham, in April.
The 25-year-old postgraduate student from Dnipropetrovsk has been charged with further offences related to three separate explosions near mosques in Walsall, Wolverhampton and Tipton, Westminster Magistrates' Court heard.
Lapshyn was charged with carrying out acts with the intention of committing terrorism between April 24 and July 18. They include buying batteries, a lunchbag, clock and computer as part of the construction of an explosive device, the court heard.
He was remanded in custody and will next appear at the Old Bailey on Thursday.
