Pc who sparked terror alert is sacked by West Midlands Police

Amar Tasaddiq Hussain, 29, made a malicious 999 call in December 2014 - passing on details of a"kidnap" plot - which led to a man being arrested by counter-terrorism police at a tyre business in Walsall.

Two weeks ago Hussain was jailed for seven years and today the 29-year-old was sacked from the force for gross misconduct.

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Dismissing Hussain, who did not attend the Special Case Hearing at Tally Ho! in Edgbaston, Chief Constable Thompson said: "This was grotesque behaviour which horrified the public, staff in West Midlands Police and other people, including myself. It was a most disgraceful act."

Hussain had hoped his bogus tip-off would discredit an official within an Islamic community group.

In the call he claimed that he had been asked to drive for a man who had recently returned from Syria and was planning to 'kidnap and behead' an officer.

But it soon became obvious to police that the claims made against the innocent party were malicious.

Hussain was convicted by a jury of two counts of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice.

And following a three-week trial at Stafford Crown Court two men from Birmingham - Adil Bashir, 26, and 31-year-old Muhammad Ali Sheikh - were also convicted on the same charges and each given three year sentences.