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Former boxer Anthony Small charged with terror offence | Former boxer Anthony Small charged with terror offence |
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A former boxing champion has been charged with a terror offence, police have said. | A former boxing champion has been charged with a terror offence, police have said. |
Anthony Small, of south-east London, is accused of encouraging acts of terrorism in connection with a video posted on social media in September 2016. | Anthony Small, of south-east London, is accused of encouraging acts of terrorism in connection with a video posted on social media in September 2016. |
It follows an investigation by the Met Police's Counter Terrorism Command. | It follows an investigation by the Met Police's Counter Terrorism Command. |
Mr Small, 36, will appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Wednesday. | Mr Small, 36, will appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Wednesday. |
The former boxer beat Matthew Hall at Manchester's MEN Arena to win hold the British and Commonwealth light middleweight titles in a fight screened on Sky Box Office in 2009. | |
He then defended the titles successfully in November that year against Thomas McDonagh in Wigan, but was beaten by Sam Webb in Dagenham, Essex, in March 2010. |
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