Was a convicted Scottish information-technology student linked to a terrorist cell planning large-scale attacks in Ontario?

The Scotsman reported today that 21-year-old Mohammed Atif Siddique was convicted yesterday in the High Court of Glasgow of several terrorism offences.

According to the well-respected newspaper, security forces "feared Scotland's first home-grown 'wannabe suicide bomber' had been preparing to carry out a terrorist attack in Canada".

This information was not presented in court, but emerged after Siddique was found guilty and sentenced to 15 years in prison.

Siddique was arrested on April 5 of 2006 at the Glasgow Airport as he was about to board a plane to Pakistan, the paper reported.

Siddique allegedly had connections to a group in Ontario that has been charged in connection with planning several terrorist attacks, including beheading Prime Minister Stephen Harper and attacking Parliament and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

That plot was described in a Georgia Straight cover story last year called "Osama's Shadow".

A Central Scotland Police official told The Scotsman that there was "no evidence that Siddique was involved in an actual terrorist plot".