29-year-old admits terrorism offences
A 29-year-old man pleaded guilty to terrorism offences.
Ayub Nurhussein, who police will only say is from South-west London, had faced a total of five charges following a joint sting by the Met and cops in Manchester – and also admitted three charges of distributing terrorist material.
He had initially pleaded not guilty to funding terrorism, but on Friday changed his plea. Another four charges came as a result of his holding documents useful to terrorists.
He had firstly been charged on July 26 last year with one count of funding terrorism, contrary to section 17 of the Terrorism Act (TACT) 2000 – a charge he admitted on Friday at the Old Bailey.
He was also later charged with one count of possession of a document with details likely to be useful to a person preparing an act of terrorism, contrary to section 58, TACT, 2000.
On December 2, 2019 he was charged with three further counts of possession of a document or record containing information of a kind likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism.
The same day he was charged on three counts of dissemination of terrorist publications, contrary to section 2(1)(a) TACT 2006.
On January 13 this year, Nurhussein pleaded guilty to all four counts of possession of a document or record containing information of a kind likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism, and three counts of dissemination of terrorist publications.
Nurhussein’s associate, Said Mohammed, 30, of Longsight, Manchester, was also charged on July 26 last year with one count of arranging funds or property for terrorism contrary to Section 17, TACT 2000.
He faced a second charge the same day – possession of a document or record likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism, contrary to Section 58 (1)(a) TACT 2000.
On January 13, Mohammed admitted arranging funds for terrorism. He pleaded not guilty to possession of a document or record likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism. This charge was discontinued.
A third man was arrested as part of the investigation and charged with possession of a document or record containing information of a kind likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism. He was found not guilty in January this year.
Sentencing of Nurhussein and Mohammed is set for March 26 at the Old Bailey.
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