A DERBY man has been found guilty of five terrorism offences.

Albanian-born Krenar Lusha was arrested at his Normanton home in August last year.

The 30-year-old pleaded not guilty to 10 counts of possessing articles which gave rise to a reasonable suspicion that they were for a terror-related purpose.

A jury at Preston Crown Court this afternoon found him guilty of five of the counts.

He has been jailed for seven years and will be deported back to Albania once he has served half his sentence.

There were five articles found at Lusha's home which rise to a reasonable suspicion that they were for the commission, preparation or instigation of an act or terrorism.

These were 71.8 litres of petrol, Hezbollah Military Instruction Manuals, a document entitled Ragnar's Detonators, a document entitled The Bomb Book and a video entitled Mobile Detonators, all found at his home.

In the case of the other five items, two kilograms of Potassium Nitrate, a Car Bomb Recognition Guide, a document entitled Middle Eastern Terrorist Bomb Design, a document entitled Improvised Radio Detonation Techniques and a document entitled The Mujahideen Explosives Handbook, he was found not guilty.

This means there was not a reasonable suspicion that the articles would be used to commit an act of terrorism.

All the articles were found during a search of Lusha's home, in Moore Street.

His trial at Preston Crown Court has lasted more than four weeks.