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Ibrahim Anderson and Shah Jahan Khan guilty of promoting IS outside Topshop | |
(about 7 hours later) | |
Two men from Luton have been found guilty of promoting the so-called Islamic State outside Topshop in London's Oxford Street. | Two men from Luton have been found guilty of promoting the so-called Islamic State outside Topshop in London's Oxford Street. |
Ibrahim Anderson, 38, and Shah Jahan Khan, 63, had denied inviting support for a proscribed organisation. | Ibrahim Anderson, 38, and Shah Jahan Khan, 63, had denied inviting support for a proscribed organisation. |
The Old Bailey heard they were in a group that set up a stall near the store on 9 August 2014. | The Old Bailey heard they were in a group that set up a stall near the store on 9 August 2014. |
The pair have been remanded in custody and will be sentenced later this month. | The pair have been remanded in custody and will be sentenced later this month. |
Distributed leaflets | Distributed leaflets |
Prosecutor Mark Seymour had told jurors Khan, of St Catherine's Avenue, and Anderson, of Dallow Road, spent two and a half hours speaking to passers-by and distributing a leaflet. | Prosecutor Mark Seymour had told jurors Khan, of St Catherine's Avenue, and Anderson, of Dallow Road, spent two and a half hours speaking to passers-by and distributing a leaflet. |
He said both "would have been well aware that this is what they were doing". | He said both "would have been well aware that this is what they were doing". |
Anderson's home was later searched and a notebook computer was seized which contained three images that "formed part of a set of instructions for travel to Syria to support jihad", the prosecutor said. | Anderson's home was later searched and a notebook computer was seized which contained three images that "formed part of a set of instructions for travel to Syria to support jihad", the prosecutor said. |
The Muslim convert, who represented himself in court, appealed to jurors to "see who I really am - a devoted father to my family", saying he only wanted to practise his religion and exercise his freedom of speech. | The Muslim convert, who represented himself in court, appealed to jurors to "see who I really am - a devoted father to my family", saying he only wanted to practise his religion and exercise his freedom of speech. |
He had denied knowing the other people who had gone to Oxford Street that day for dawah (call to Islam) - and said he only glanced at a leaflet he was given. | He had denied knowing the other people who had gone to Oxford Street that day for dawah (call to Islam) - and said he only glanced at a leaflet he was given. |
Anderson was also found guilty by majority of possessing information likely to be useful to a terrorist, in December 2014. | Anderson was also found guilty by majority of possessing information likely to be useful to a terrorist, in December 2014. |
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