This article is from the source 'bbc' and was first published or seen on . It last changed over 40 days ago and won't be checked again for changes.
You can find the current article at its original source at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38419488
The article has changed 6 times. There is an RSS feed of changes available.
Version 0 | Version 1 |
---|---|
Syria aid convoys: Two guilty over terror funding | |
(35 minutes later) | |
Two UK men have been convicted of using Syria aid convoys to funnel cash to extremists in the war zone. | Two UK men have been convicted of using Syria aid convoys to funnel cash to extremists in the war zone. |
The Muslim community-led convoys became unwitting vehicles for the plan to fund terrorism, the Old Bailey heard. | |
One of the targeted aid missions included Alan Henning, the Eccles taxi driver later kidnapped and murdered by militants from so-called Islamic State. | One of the targeted aid missions included Alan Henning, the Eccles taxi driver later kidnapped and murdered by militants from so-called Islamic State. |
Syed Hoque, 37, of Stoke-on-Trent, and Mashoud Miah, 27, of east London, were both convicted of funding terrorism. | |
This is the first court verdict showing that some aid convoys were abused. | |
A third defendant, Huddersfield charity worker Pervez Rafiq, 46, was cleared of involvement in their plans. Mohammed Hussain, 30, of east London, was also found not guilty. |