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Three Charged in UK Plot Against Pakistani Dissidents

2/5/2026

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Three men, Asaf Afsar (40), Mark Regan (53), and Liam McGarry (25), have been charged with plotting to attack two Pakistani dissidents in the UK.
The alleged incidents occurred on Christmas Eve 2025 in Cambridgeshire and Chesham, Buckinghamshire.
Afsar and Regan face charges of conspiracy to assault and occasion bodily harm, while McGarry is charged only for the Cambridgeshire incident.
They are set to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court.
Four other men, including Doneto Brammer, were previously charged with serious offenses related to a separate incident on New Year’s Eve.

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Story summary

Three men, Asaf Afsar (40), Mark Regan (53), and Liam McGarry (25), have been charged with plotting to attack two Pakistani dissidents in the UK.
The alleged incidents occurred on Christmas Eve 2025 in Cambridgeshire and Chesham, Buckinghamshire.
Afsar and Regan face charges of conspiracy to assault and occasion bodily harm, while McGarry is charged only for the Cambridgeshire incident.
They are set to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court.
Four other men, including Doneto Brammer, were previously charged with serious offenses related to a separate incident on New Year’s Eve.