article_snippet: New York (CNN)A federal jury Wednesday found Naseer guilty of plotting with al Qaeda to bomb a shopping center in 2009 in Manchester, England, the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York said.
article_snippet: Naseer, 28, was convicted on three criminal violations: providing material support to al Qaeda, conspiring to provide material support for al Qaeda and conspiring to use a destructive device in relation to a crime of violence.
article_snippet: The Manchester plot was allegedly part of a three-pronged plan that included attacks on the New York City subway system and on a newsroom in Copenhagen.
article_snippet: The Manchester plot allegedly originated with Najibullah Zazi, who is believed to have corresponded with the same al Qaeda contact as Naseer.
article_snippet: Zazi pleaded guilty to terrorism charges and was the first witness in Naseer's trial.
article_snippet: Naseer, a Pakistani national, was in the United Kingdom on a student visa at the time of Naseer, a Pakistani national arrest.
article_snippet: Naseer had no intention of completing Naseer studies because "that was never the plan," Assistant U.S. Attorney Zainab Ahmad argued, saying that Naseer applied for a student visa as a means of entering the country to carry out the attack.
article_snippet: Naseer maintained throughout the two-week trial that Naseer was innocent, repeatedly denying terrorism charges and insisting that Naseer was in the United Kingdom to find a wife, not to plan an attack.
article_snippet: Naseer represented Naseer.
article_snippet: Naseer's arrest in England was part of a massive sweep in connection with an alleged plot to carry out bomb attacks in Britain.
article_snippet: Naseer's arrest in England was extradited in January 2013.
highlights_snippet: Naseer is convicted of supporting al Qaeda, conspiring to bomb a shopping center in England .
  
highlights_snippet: Naseer maintained Naseer innocence throughout the two-week trial in New York .