A married couple who planned an Islamic State suicide bombing for the 10th anniversary of the the 7/7 atrocities are facing jail.

Mohammed Rehman, 25 and Sana Ahmed Khan, 24 were convicted by a jury at the Old Bailey today and will be sentenced at the same court tomorrow.

The court previously heard how Rehman used his bedroom as a bomb factory filled with deadly chemicals and explosives recipes, funded by payday loans taken out by his wife.

The couple, who wed in secret in a traditional Islamic ceremony, immersed themselves in Islamic State and Al Qaeda propaganda and idolised 7/7 bomber Shehzad Tanweer.

Rehman, who named himself the 'Silent Bomber' on Twitter, had asked followers to help him pick a target, including Westfield shopping centre and the London Underground.

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An undercover officer calling himself Abu Mohammed posed as a fellow extremist to lure Rehman into sharing his plans.

The officer said Rehman's boast that he was 'locked and loaded' raised concerns, and when he made contact Rehman told him: "The only most effective attack would be a martyrdom op", the court heard.

When police swooped on Rehman's family home, in Radstock Road, Reading, just over a month before the tenth anniversary of 7/7, they uncovered a bomb factory in his bedroom.

He had 10ks of Urea Nitrate explosives, Tornado nitro fuel, instruction videos for making bombs, and a 'Royal Flush' of pro-ISIS propaganda videos.

The couple even test fired one of their bombs in Rehman's back garden, and experts believe they were only a detonator short of making the deadly plot a reality.

After his arrest, Rehman claimed he was only pretending to be a 'Jihadi warrior' and the couple turned on each other during a trial at the Old Bailey, accusing each other of being the real Islamic extremist.

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But a jury who returned after the Christmas break today [Tuesday] unanimously found both Rehman and Khan guilty on all charges after three days of deliberations.

"They shared a common interest - violent and extreme Islamic ideology and its methods of impacting upon the Western world", said prosecutor Tony Badenoch QC.

"Those chemicals were capable of being mixed into lethal bombs - ready to go, following one of the many recipes collated in his notebook and stored on his computer."

After his arrest, Rehman laughed about his terrorist intentions, but claimed it was all part of a plan to commit the 'perfect crime'.

He told officers officers he was about to be kicked out of the family home and thought terrorism was the 'easiest way to get into prison' to get a roof over his head.

During their trial, neither of the couple gave evidence, but through their barristers accused each other of being the committed Islamic extremist.

Rehman, from Radstock Road, Reading, and Sana Ahmed Khan, from Hutton Close, Earley, denied preparation for terrorist acts.

Rehman denied a second charge of possession of articles for terrorist purposes.