Six men deny plot to attack Pakistani dissidents at their UK homes

Six men have denied being involved in plots to attack two Pakistani dissidents at their homes in the UK.The men are said to have been part of a plan to inflict violence on human rights lawyer Mirza Shahzad Akbar and journalist Adil Raja.Mr Akbar was previously a member of the cabinet under jailed former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan while Mr Raja is an outspoken critic of the current Pakistani government who has written extensively about alleged corruption in the country’s military.At the Old Bailey on Friday, Louis Regan, 26, his father Mark Regan, 53, both of Birmingham, Karl Blackbird, 41, and Liam McGarry, 26, each denied conspiracy to assault Mr Akbar and occasion him actual bodily harm.The father and son, Blackbird, from Bedworth, and another defendant, Clark McCaulay, 39, from