Birmingham woman who shared extremist material jailed

(BBC) A woman convicted of terrorism offences after sharing extreme videos has been jailed for five-and-a-half years.

Aaminah Amatullah, 39, sent images of dead bodies, including children, to an online contact, who was in fact an undercover police officer.

Sentencing at Birmingham Crown Court, the judge said he accepted mental health issues and personal problems had played a part in her radicalisation.

However, he said, her actions had shown she was “a committed extremist.”

Amatullah, of Livingstone Road, Handsworth, Birmingham, was convicted in December after denying the charges.

The trial was told two videos were sent within four days, including a speech encouraging terrorism by the leader of the group calling itself Islamic State (IS).

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