20 Facts About Pavlo Lapshyn

Pavlo Serhiyovych Lapshyn is a Ukrainian Neo-Nazi terrorist who committed crimes in 2013 against Muslims in the United Kingdom.

Pavlo Lapshyn confessed to police that his motivation was to kill and harm non-whites.

Pavlo Lapshyn is from Dnipro, the son of Sergey Lapshyn, a university lecturer.

Lapshyn's father claims his son is not a racist, and said Pavlo knew his grandmother was a member of the Tatar community.

Pavlo Lapshyn studied engineering in his home city at the National Metallurgical Academy of Ukraine.

Pavlo Lapshyn was arrested in August 2010 after inadvertently causing an explosion in his family's apartment.

Pavlo Lapshyn had been experimenting with bomb-making chemicals while his family was on holiday.

Pavlo Lapshyn arrived in Birmingham on 24 April 2013, and stayed in a flat inside Delcam's headquarters.

At around 10 pm on 29 April 2013, five days after his arrival in the United Kingdom, Pavlo Lapshyn stabbed 82-year-old Mohammed Saleem to death as the pensioner returned from Green Lane Mosque in Small Heath.

Saleem, a father of seven and grandfather of 23 who had emigrated to the United Kingdom from Pakistan in 1957, had been walking alone near his Small Heath home when he was spotted by Pavlo Lapshyn, who was carrying a knife.

Pavlo Lapshyn attempted three bombings on local mosques, targeting Friday lunchtimes as they are the services with highest attendance.

Local officers visited local premises and finally came to Delcam - where Pavlo Lapshyn was identified and soon after was arrested peacefully.

Pavlo Lapshyn was arrested and questioned over the explosions and the murder of Saleem on 18 July 2013.

Pavlo Lapshyn admitted all the bombings and two days later the murder of Saleem.

Pavlo Lapshyn subsequently stated his intent to "increase racial conflict" via his actions.

Pavlo Lapshyn pleaded guilty to all charges on 21 October 2013.

Pavlo Lapshyn was sentenced at the Old Bailey in London on 25 October 2013.

Peter Wright QC, prosecuting, said that police searches of Pavlo Lapshyn's flat had found photographs of him posing with the dagger with which he had killed Saleem, as well as white supremacist literature and video games.

Wright argued for a whole-life order; however, Pavlo Lapshyn was sentenced to life in imprisonment, with a minimum term of 40 years, meaning he will not be eligible for release until 2053.

Pavlo Lapshyn pleaded guilty and was given a two-year jail sentence to run concurrently with his life sentence.