Stockwell man who funded Isis is jailed for nine-and-a-half-years

27 April 2020 Toby Porter

A 29-year-old who funded Isis by channelling thousands of pounds through a contact in Denmark has been sentenced, with his accomplice, to a total of more than 14 years in jail

Ayub Nurhussein, from Stockwell, and his associate, 30-year-old Said Mohammed, from Longsight, Manchester, sent funds of about £2,700 to Daesh.

The investigation found that Nurhussein and Mohammed communicated with one another and a third individual – believed to be based in Iraq – to send money to support Daesh fighters in Iraq and Syria.

Detectives found that they sent the money via contacts in Denmark on three separate occasions in April, June and July last year.

On July 16, 2019, Nurhussein and Mohammed were both arrested at their home addresses in a joint sting by the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command and Counter Terrorism Police North-West.

Searches recovered large quantities of digital media, including mobile phones containing chat records revealing the two men’s plans.

Nurhussein was also found in possession of documents and records likely to be of use to a terrorist. Both men were charged on July 2019 with terrorism offences, including funding terrorism.

In January this year Mohammed pleaded guilty at a pre-trial hearing to one count of arranging funds or property for the purposes of terrorism.

During a trial at the Old Bailey in March, Nurhussein pleaded guilty to one count of arranging funds or property for the purpose of terrorism. He had previously pleaded guilty at a pre-trial hearing in January to 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 disseminating terrorist material under Section 2 TACT 2006.

Counter Terrorism Police are reminding the public to remain vigilant and always report anything suspicious after two men were jailed for a total of 14 years and six months for funding terrorism.

Commander Richard Smith, head of the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command, said: “I am very pleased with today’s sentences.

“The Met works with other police forces and security services to provide a counter terrorism network, both at home and abroad, whose strength and effect is continually felt by those who conspire to commit acts of violence and terror.

“Today’s result was a direct consequence of that network. Working with our counter terrorism network colleagues in Manchester, we quickly identified the activity of these two individuals, who contrived to get money to Daesh, and have brought them to justice.”