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| Terror trial: Men who helped teen go to Syria guilty | Terror trial: Men who helped teen go to Syria guilty |
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| Three men accused of helping a Cardiff teenager travel to Syria to fight with Islamic extremists are facing jail. | |
| Kristen Brekke, 20, from Cardiff, Forhad Rahman, from Cirencester, and Adeel Ulhaq, from Nottinghamshire, have been found guilty of helping in the preparation of an act of terrorism. | |
| The Old Bailey heard they helped Aseel Muthana, 19, join so-called Islamic State terrorists in February 2014. | The Old Bailey heard they helped Aseel Muthana, 19, join so-called Islamic State terrorists in February 2014. |
| The court heard the defendants shared the same "highly-radical ideology". | |
| They will be sentenced later on Wednesday. | |
| Aseel's older brother Nasser Muthana, who he idolised, had previously travelled to war-torn Syria with four other young men from Cardiff, the court heard. | |
| Nasser later achieved "notoriety" when he and other young men made a propaganda video for IS called There Is No life Without Jihad which was released in June 2014, the jury was told. | |
| Brekke, Rahman and Ulhaq helped Aseel travel to Syria three months after his brother. | |
| Brekke helped his friend Aseel obtain a new passport as his had been confiscated by his parents after his brother left the country. | |
| He also bought and stored combat clothing for him at his Grangetown home. | |
| Rahman, 21, paid for his flight, and Ulhaq, 21, provided him with tactical advice on equipment he would need. | |
| They were both in contact with Aseel online. |