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Ibrahim Hassan and Shah Hussain plead guilty to terror charges | Ibrahim Hassan and Shah Hussain plead guilty to terror charges |
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Two men, including a friend of one of the killers of Fusilier Lee Rigby, have pleaded guilty to charges of encouraging terrorism and disseminating terrorist material. | |
Ibrahim Hassan, 28, also known as Abu Nusaybah, was arrested after speaking to the BBC's Newsnight in May 2013. | |
Hassan was charged along with Shah Hussain, 31. | |
After pleading guilty in a hearing at the Old Bailey, the pair will be sentenced on 2 May. | |
Hassan, of Carr Road, Walthamstow and Hussain, of Cannon Street Road, Whitechapel, were remanded in custody. | |
While appearing on Newsnight Hassan claimed one of Fusilier Rigby's killers, Michael Adebolajo, had been offered a job by MI5. | |
'Time of reflection' | |
The judge Nicholas Hilliard QC ordered reports be prepared on both defendants to assess their attitude to the offences and their risk of reoffending. | |
He warned them they faced jail for the offence of encouraging terrorism. | |
Hassan's lawyer Mozammel Hossain told the court his client had already been in custody for eight months and it had been "a time of reflection". | |
But prosecutor Riel Karmy-Jones told the court that a previous conviction was an aggravating factor in the case. | |
He said the pair made speeches at a mosque in Regent's Park in 2004, leading to Hassan being convicted of inciting terrorism and Hussain of fund-raising for terrorism abroad. | |
Michael Adebolajo, 29, was found guilty of murdering Fusilier Rigby outside Woolwich Barracks last May and is currently serving a whole-life sentence. | |
Michael Adebowale, 22, is serving a life sentence for the murder, with a minimum term of 45 years. |