Police find the device in PhD student Mohamad Al-Bared's bedroom.
Conversations on Mohamad Al-Bared's devices demonstrated his support for IS, police said
Mohamad Al-Bared denied supporting IS after the device was found in a bedroom at his Coventry home along with a 3D printer capable of making parts for it.would deliver a chemical weapon or some other kind of device in IS enemy territory.Jurors at Birmingham Crown Court were told the mechanical engineering graduate was arrested at the same time a raid was carried out at the home he shared with his parents.
Prosecutor Michelle Heeley KC told the court the idea for the drone was "somewhat inspired by the design of the Tomahawk missile" based on material recovered from his electronic devices.The drone, shown to jurors, also had a landing gear and a small digital camera.
West Midlands counter terrorism police said Al-Bared had worked out how to get the drone into a war zone without being stopped by authorities and had set up a spoof company so he could pretend to be travelling on business.