‘Birmingham Four’ lawyers hope spycops inquiry will help reopen case

Undercover officers working for West Midlands ‘special projects team’ planted evidence to convict men, lawyers claim

Lawyers representing four men convicted of terror offences are increasingly hopeful that revelations from the undercover policing inquiry could boost the chances of their case being reopened.

Ten years ago, Khobaib Hussain, Naweed Ali, Mohibur Rahman and Tahir Aziz were arrested and later convicted of plotting a terrorist attack in the UK after an elaborate covert police operation.