Mohammad Bashir, the associate of the Manchester synagogue attacker who helped conduct hostile reconnaissance of a major UK defence site, is due to be sentenced after admitting preparation of terrorist acts. The 31-year-old, from Shaftesbury Road in Cheetham Hill, Manchester, pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey on 5 June 2026 to a single charge under the Terrorism Act 2006. The offence relates to 14 August 2025, when he drove Jihad Al-Shamie to the UK Defence Academy in Shrivenh