Encrypted messaging system used to procure gun for murder, court hears

EncroChat service allegedly used to secure weapon for London killing and to plan another that did not take place

A sophisticated encrypted phone messaging system was used to supply a firearm for a murder and to hatch a failed plot to carry out another killing, an Old Bailey jury has been told at the trial of two men whose secret communications were intercepted.

The so-called EncroChat service was allegedly used to procure a firearm to carry out a murder in London in 2020 and to plan another that did not take place.