A MOBILE phone salesman from Walthamstow yesterday admitted plotting to firebomb the home of a book publisher.
Abrar Mirza, 23, of Eastfield Road, at Croydon Crown Court pleaded guilty to conspiring to recklessly damage property and endanger life.
Ali Beheshti, 41, of Tavistock Gardens, also admitted the same charge and both have been remanded in custody.
Gibson Square publisher Martin Rynja's home, in Lonsdale Square, Islington, was attacked on September 27 last year shortly before the release of The Jewel of Medina, a novel about the Prophet Muhammad.
Fuel was poured through the house's letterbox and set alight.
A third man, Abbas Taj, 30, a minicab driver from Field Road, Forest Gate denies conspiring to damage property with intent to endanger life.
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