A jailed terrorist who was inspired by the murder of Fusilier Lee Rigby has been handed a life sentence for attempting to murder a prison guard behind bars.

Brusthom Ziamani, 25, is five years into a 19-year sentence for a 2014 plot to behead a soldier in south east London.

He and fellow Muslim convert Baz Hockton, 26, who was radicalised in jail, launched a terror attack at maximum security HMP Whitemoor in Cambridgeshire on January 9.

Prison officer Neil Trundle was left covered in blood after he was targeted by the pair armed with makeshift bladed weapons and wearing fake suicide belts as they shouted: "Allahu Akbar".

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Nurse Jayle Cowles and prison officer Georgina Ibbotson were also hurt as they tried to intervene.

Ziamani admitted assaulting the two women and he and Hockton were both found guilty of attempted murder by an Old Bailey jury on Wednesday.

Ziamani would have been eligible for parole in 2027 but the judge, Mrs Justice May, handed him a life sentence on Thursday and said he must serve at least 21 years.

She said: "It is quite plain to me that the defendants must have been planning this terrorist operation for some time, preparing fake suicide belts and multiple weapons for the purpose.

"It is no accident the January 9 attack came just weeks after the London Bridge attack in November 2019."

Former Whitemoor inmate Usman Khan killed Cambridge University graduates Jack Merritt, 25, and Saskia Jones, 23, in a terror attack at Fishmongers' Hall.

The judge added: "These defendants, inside prison, didn't have ready access to weapons or explosives but did their utmost to plan and execute a terrorist attack with what they could get their hands upon in prison."

Ziamani, with a shaved head and beard, showed no emotion but clasped his hands together as he left the dock flanked by five dock officers.

Hockton will be sentenced later on Thursday.