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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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | After pleading guilty in a hearing at the Old Bailey, the pair will be sentenced on 2 May. |
| Both 'face jail' | |
| 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. | |
| The judge Nicholas Hilliard QC ordered reports be prepared on both defendants to assess their attitude to the offences and their risk of reoffending. | 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 on or before 24 May last year - two days after the soldier was murdered. | |
| The charge of disseminating a terrorist publication, which both admitted, related to an audio file of a speech called The Dust Will Never Settle by the deceased radical cleric Anwar al-Awlaki. | |
| 'Time of reflection' | |
| Hassan had previously admitted encouraging terrorism related to five video lectures entitled In Pursuit of Allah's Governance on the Earth and Hussain had pleaded guilty to promoting to a video lecture entitled Signs of a Good Death in Islam. | |
| 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". | 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. | 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. | 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. |
| The prosecution agreed to allow remaining counts to lie on file. | |
| Last month 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. | Michael Adebowale, 22, is serving a life sentence for the murder, with a minimum term of 45 years. |