A woman hairdresser from Oldham has been convicted of planning a terror attack in the Jewish neighbourhood of a city.

Shasta Khan, 38, and her husband, Mohammed Sajid Khan, 33, bought substances and equipment from supermarkets to assemble an improvised explosive device.

Police found a cache of terror-related material after being called to a domestic dispute at the couple’s home in Oldham, Greater Manchester, last July.

Beheading videos, propaganda glorifying Osama bin Laden and bomb-making guides were seized along with peroxide and bleach, used by Shasta Khan in her hairdressing work, which together with electrical equipment were being readied to make a bomb.

A satnav from her Peugeot 305 vehicle showed they had been on multiple trips to Jewish populated areas around Manchester, looking for targets to attack.

A jury at Manchester Crown Court found Shasta Khan guilty of engaging in conduct in preparation for acts of terrorism and two counts of possessing information useful for committing or preparing for an act of terrorism. She was cleared of a third count of the latter charge.

Her husband pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing to engaging in conduct in preparation for acts of terrorism Both will be sentenced at 2pm on Friday.

British-born Muslim Shasta Khan was convicted by a majority ruling of 11-1 on the main charge of preparing for acts of terrorism.

She cried in the dock as the verdicts were delivered and then wailed as she was led to the cells.

The North West counter-terrorism unit will comment on the case after sentencing tomorrow.

In a statement, the Community Security Trust (CST), an organisation that works with police to help ensure the security of the UK Jewish community, said: “This trial has shown the reality of anti-Jewish terrorism in Britain today. It explains why Jewish communities take security and anti-semitism seriously.

”CST thanks Greater Manchester Police and the North West counter terrorism unit for their cooperation with both CST and our Jewish community at this difficult time. We urge the Jewish community to lead its life to the full and ask that it keeps supporting communal security efforts. In particular, suspicious activities in Jewish areas should be reported to CST and police.”