A former Hamas bodyguard, wanted in Germany over an alleged plot to murder Jewish people, has been found guilty of a knife attack on a bailiff outside his UK home.

Mohammed Alfatih, also known as Mohammed Naim, had been photographed working for a former leader of Hamas before being granted asylum in the UK in 2015 and British citizenship in 2020.

The 40-year-old was found guilty by majority verdict of unlawful wounding, possession of two knives and criminal damage. He was cleared of the more serious charge of wounding with intent.

Alfatih was under surveillance by a counter-terrorism unit when he attacked the bailiff in Birmingham last year.

The son of a senior Hamas official, he could not been named during his trial due to reporting restrictions.

During the trial, footage was shown of Alfatih brandishing two large kitchen knives outside his home in the suburb of Kings Heath.

He told the court he chased the bailiff across the street to scare him away after his wife was asked to settle her debts.

Her car had been clamped by the enforcement officer, who was involved in a struggle inside Alfatih's terraced home.

However, jurors were not told of Alfatih's links to proscribed terrorist group Hamas or his work as a bodyguard to its now-deceased former leader, Ismail Haniyeh.

While detained for the attack on the bailiff in Birmingham, he was re-arrested after authorities in Germany said he had been part of an alleged plot to attack Israeli targets in Central Europe.

Alfatih, who was born in Germany, is expected to be extradited to the country after he has served his sentence in the UK, with his connection to Hamas stated in the German extradition request.

When Alfatih went by the name of Naim, he enrolled in a VIP protection course and was selected to accompany Haniyeh on trips to Egypt and other countries between 2006 and 2008. However, he was later removed from the role due to his behaviour.

The second son of former Hamas health minister Bassem Naim, he later spent time in Malaysia, Qatar and Turkey before arriving in Britain.

Following his conviction, a government source said it was "staggering" that he was granted asylum and later given citizenship.

During his evidence, Alfatih did not mention Hamas, but told the court he had been tortured for 25 days while detained in Egypt in 2010.

The father-of-four, an IT worker, failed in a legal application to try to get the wounding charges thrown out on the grounds of prejudicial media coverage.

The coverage included details of allegations related to seven arrests made by German authorities, but Judge George Lubega ruled the reports did not pose a high risk of prejudice to Alfatih's trial.

During a two-week trial at Birmingham Crown Court the jury was shown video footage of Alfatih lashing out with a knife at the broken window of a van on 14 October last year.

Alfatih told jurors it happened a day after he learned one of his brothers had been killed in Gaza.

He also said while giving evidence that traumatic experiences in his past included being shot and injured on two different occasions.

"I just want to be as honest as I can," he told the jury.

"I don't think I was even in my full mind. I didn't intend anything other than him moving away.

"I wasn't anything more than terrified."

Defence barrister Kate O'Raghallaigh said Alfatih had a heightened perception of danger, triggered by fear and desperation he had previously experienced.

Jurors deliberated for more than six hours over three days before convicting him.

Sentencing will take place at a later date.

A Home Office spokesperson said Hamas was a proscribed terrorist organisation and the government condemned "those who choose to support its activities and further its aims".

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