(Sky News) A barber shop owner who sent thousands of pounds to Islamic State (IS) fighters in Syria after claiming COVID grant payments has been jailed for 12 years.
Tarek Namouz, 43, from Hammersmith in west London, had received the bounce-back loans to help his business, Boss Crew Barbers, during the pandemic.
He had been earlier found guilty at Kingston Crown Court of eight counts of funding terrorism and two counts of possessing information likely to be useful for terrorism.
After Judge Peter Lodder KC handed down the sentence on Thursday, also at Kingston Crown Court, which included a further year on extended licence, Namouz expressed his thanks to the judge but shouted “May Allah destroy you” at officers.
