LONDON — Six men from Birmingham in central England received lengthy jail sentences Monday for plotting to bomb a right-wing rally last June.
Authorities said the plot by the men, who appeared motivated by Islamic extremism, failed only because they arrived too late and the rally by the English Defense League had already dispersed.
Judge Nicholas Hilliard of London’s Central Criminal Court sentenced three of the men to a minimum of 19 1/2 years for preparing acts of terrorism. The other three received sentences of 18 years and nine months.
