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21 October 2024

Robert Taylor, 42, of Farnworth, was sentenced at Manchester Crown Court to four years in prison with a one year extended license period today (Friday 18 October 2024) after pleading guilty to various charges relating to attempts to stir up racial hatred, including numerous offences under the Terrorism Act. In May 2021, Taylor attended a...

16 October 2024

An east London man who sent night vision and thermal imaging rifle scopes to support terrorist activity by the Taliban in Afghanistan in 2017 and 2018 has been jailed.

15 October 2024

A man from Portsmouth has been given a sentence of nine years and six months for terrorism offences, as well as attempting to make his own firearm.

15 October 2024

Abdiwahid Abdulkadir MohamedA 32-year-old man has been found guilty of various terrorism offences following an investigation by the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command, which identified he had collected various instruction manuals of how to create 3D-printed firearms.

7 October 2024

Today marks one year since the terror attacks in Israel on 7th October 2023. Head of Counter Terrorism Policing, Matt Jukes reflects on the last 12 months: “The terrorist attacks perpetrated by Hamas against Israel on 7th October 2023 marked the beginning of an extraordinary year for all those concerned with global and domestic security....

26 September 2024

A 21-year-old man has been jailed for posting and sharing terrorist content online, as a result of a proactive Met Police Counter Terrorism investigation. An investigation led by the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command exposed how Ayoub Nacir, 21 (26.07.2003) of southwest London was posting terrorist material on various social media accounts and platforms during the...

20 September 2024

A man who glorified extreme Islamist terrorism by sharing graphic videos online has been sentenced today (20/9) to three years and nine months’ imprisonment.  

20 September 2024

A 19-year-old man from Swansea has been sentenced to five years and four months in prison after pleading guilty to terrorism offences and an assault.

17 September 2024

A 41-year-old man from Risca near Newport has been found guilty of an offence under the Terrorism Act 2000. Following a two-week trial at Winchester Crown Court, Daniel Niinmae was convicted today (Monday, September 16) of possession of a document containing information of a kind likely to be of use to a person preparing or...

17 September 2024

A 54-year-old man has been convicted in connection with terrorism and firearms offences following an investigation by officers from Police Scotland’s Counter Terrorism Unit. Alan Edward, from Falkirk, was found guilty at the High Court in Stirling on Monday, 16 September 2024, following a trial. He will be sentenced at a later date. When officers...

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