article_snippet.sent: ’ Prosecutor Annabel Darlow QC said: ‘The defendant carefully groomed Thomas over many months, flattering Thomas when Thomas appeared willing to do Thomas bidding and bullying Thomas with implied threats of what people associated with Thomas would do if Thomas didn’t carry out Thomas wishes when Thomas didn’t appear to be going according to plan.
article_snippet.sent: Thomas also entered into discussions about a second scheme of Thomas, that was to murder a member of the armed forces, although the evidence would seem to show us that the first plot had reached a far more advanced stage than the second.
article_snippet.sent: In respect of both enterprises, Thomas sought to use a vulnerable and impressionable young man with mental health difficulties.
article_snippet.sent: Ms Darlow added: ‘As the messages between Thomas and the defendant expose all too clearly, Thomas was a vulnerable, not particularly bright young man who was desperate to impress Islam and to try and forge some sort of friendship with Thomas.
article_snippet.sent: Thomas wrote: 'The brothers are gonna come after Thomas and kill me and The brothers’re gonna kill Thomas as well.'