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A man convicted of inciting terrorism overseas through speeches at a London mosque and terrorist fundraising has been jailed for four-and-half-years. | |
Muslim preacher Abu Izzadeen, who once heckled then Home Secretary John Reid, was among six men given prison terms. | |
The speeches, on 9 November 2004, came as US and British forces fought fierce battles in Falluja, Iraq. | The speeches, on 9 November 2004, came as US and British forces fought fierce battles in Falluja, Iraq. |
The sentencing was delayed after one of the guilty men, who had jumped bail for 10 days, turned himself in. | |
Shah Jalal Hussain, 25, surrendered at Kingston Crown Court after he went missing when the jury began deliberations on 8 April, prompting the court to issue a warrant for his arrest. | |
He was convicted of terrorist fundraising and breaking his bail conditions and jailed for two years and three months. | |
Extremist group | |
The defendants were all members of an extreme Islamist group known as Al-Muhajiroun, which has since been banned. | |
Abu Izzadeen, 32, from east London, was tried under his real name, Omar Brooks. He was sentenced to two-and-a-half years for fundraising and four-and-a-half years for inciting terrorism overseas. His sentences will run concurrently. | |
Izzadeen made the news in 2006 when he heckled Mr Reid during a speech in the East End of London. | |
In November 2004, Izzadeen was recorded voicing his support for al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden and calling for a jihad-style war against coalition forces occupying Iraq. | |
Top row: Izzadeen, Keeler, Muhid. Bottom row: Saleem, Hassan, Hussain | |
Fellow Muslim convert Simon Keeler, 36, received the same sentence as Izzadeen, two-and-a-half years for terrorism fund-raising and four-and-a-half for inciting terror overseas. | |
Abdul Saleem, 32, was sentenced to three-years-and-nine-months for inciting terrorism overseas, and Ibrahim Hassan, 25, was jailed for two-years-and-nine months on the same charge. | |
Both men were cleared of fund-raising for terrorists. | |
Abdul Muhid, 25, was found guilty of fund-raising for terrorists, and sentenced to two years in jail. | |
The allegations at the heart of the trial concerned events on the evening of 9 November 2004 when Hussain and others were said to have targeted rising anger among Muslims over the Iraq war. | |
Kingston Crown Court heard that speeches and calls for funds were made both inside and outside the London Central Mosque at Regent's Park, despite the opposition of the institution's authorities. |