Couple Found Guilty Of Canada Day Bomb Plot

A couple who converted to Islam have been found guilty of plotting to set off pressure-cooker bombs during Canada Day celebrations attended by thousands of people.

John Nuttall and Amanda Korody planted three homemade devices outside British Columbia's provincial legislature in Victoria on 1 July 2013 before crowds gathered.

However, undercover police had already rendered the bombs harmless with fake explosives.

The jury in Vancouver convicted Nuttall and Korody of conspiracy to commit murder and making or possessing an explosive device.

Last month the judge entered a ruling of not guilty to another charge of knowingly facilitating a terrorist activity, citing unspecified legal reasons.

Sentencing has been delayed until next week when the defence team will be given the chance to prove its claim the couple were the victims of entrapment.

The claim has been vehemently denied by prosecutor Peter Eccles, who said: "It was done using old-fashioned undercover police investigation technique."

Jurors watched countless hours of video evidence collected during a lengthy Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) sting in which undercover officers with supposed terrorist connections befriended Nuttall and Korody.

Video and audio surveillance showed the pair discussing their ambitions to engage in a holy war against the Western world for perceived injustices against Muslims.

They were heard saying it was acceptable to kill women and children so long as they were not explicitly targeted and their deaths were incidental.

At numerous points in the recordings Nuttall described the Boston Marathon bombing as inspirational but also amateurish, and said he hoped his attack would kill hundreds.

Pressure-cooker bombs placed at the marathon finish line in April 2013 killed three people and injured more than 260.