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| Mohammed Awan jailed for 10 years for terror plot | Mohammed Awan jailed for 10 years for terror plot |
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| The brother of a suicide bomber killed in Iraq has been jailed for 10 years for terror offences. | The brother of a suicide bomber killed in Iraq has been jailed for 10 years for terror offences. |
| Dentistry student Mohammed Awan, from Huddersfield, was sentenced after being found guilty of preparing for terrorist acts and possessing material likely to be useful to a terrorist. | Dentistry student Mohammed Awan, from Huddersfield, was sentenced after being found guilty of preparing for terrorist acts and possessing material likely to be useful to a terrorist. |
| The 24-year-old was jailed for 10 years and ordered to serve three years extended licence on his release. | |
| Awan's brother Rizwan Awan killed 30 people in a bomb blast in Iraq in 2016. | Awan's brother Rizwan Awan killed 30 people in a bomb blast in Iraq in 2016. |
| Judge Paul Watson QC said he believed Awan was "to a very large extent radicalised by the actions" of his elder brother. | |
| More stories from across Yorkshire | More stories from across Yorkshire |
| Passing sentence at Sheffield Crown Court, Judge Watson said: "I am completely satisfied that you had intentionally adopted an outwardly innocent and respectable persona with the clear intention that, at some future point, you would be able to perpetrate a terrorist act without being detected." | |
| Awan, a fourth-year dentistry student at the University of Sheffield, was arrested by anti-terror police in June after purchasing 500 ball bearings online. | |
| During raids on his family home in Rudding Street, Huddersfield, and a flat in Dun Street, Sheffield, officers recovered a "significant volume" of extremist material, including advice on how to be a "sleeper cell" in the West. | During raids on his family home in Rudding Street, Huddersfield, and a flat in Dun Street, Sheffield, officers recovered a "significant volume" of extremist material, including advice on how to be a "sleeper cell" in the West. |
| Police also seized 11 mobile phones, 16 USB memory sticks and seven computers. | Police also seized 11 mobile phones, 16 USB memory sticks and seven computers. |
| One memory stick contained a 36-minute video of a senior al Qaida leader calling on young Muslims to join so-called Islamic State (IS) and featured graphic footage of how to kill and kidnap victims. | One memory stick contained a 36-minute video of a senior al Qaida leader calling on young Muslims to join so-called Islamic State (IS) and featured graphic footage of how to kill and kidnap victims. |
| On a mobile phone, officers found images of the Boston Marathon bombing and a man wearing an orange jumpsuit about to be executed. | On a mobile phone, officers found images of the Boston Marathon bombing and a man wearing an orange jumpsuit about to be executed. |
| Awan had claimed he had bought the ball bearings and a catapult to use for hunting. | |
| Det Supt Simon Atkinson, head of investigations at Counter Terrorism Policing North East, said: "Whilst we do not know the full details of Awan's intentions, officers intervened swiftly before Awan could put any plans into practice." | |
| Judge Watson added: "The ideology to which you had so clearly wedded yourself is, to all right-thinking, peaceful, tolerant and inclusive Muslims living in harmony in this country, utterly abhorrent. | |
| "Your romanticised notions of a jihadi struggle involving violence and destruction are far removed from the Islamic faith. | |
| "You are, in my view, someone who is even now in the grip of idealistic extremism." | |
| During his trial, jurors heard Awan's brother Rizwan had travelled from Manchester to Istanbul on 17 May, 2015 where he appeared to have joined IS. | During his trial, jurors heard Awan's brother Rizwan had travelled from Manchester to Istanbul on 17 May, 2015 where he appeared to have joined IS. |
| The court heard that the brothers remained in contact until Rizwan launched an attack on an Iraqi military convoy. |