(Press Release) Two Islamist extremists have been jailed for terrorist offences.
Al-Arfat Hassan, 21, from Enfield, was sentenced to a seven-year extended sentence with at least five years in prison for possessing chemicals for a terrorist purpose. A youth, 17, was sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison for failure to disclose his knowledge relating to the terrorist activities of Hassan. Both were also convicted of possession of an Islamic State video.
They were sentenced today at the Central Criminal Court.
The youth, from Leeds, failed to tell the police about Hassan’s terrorist activities despite being fully aware of Hassan’s intentions as evidenced by text messages and voicenotes shared between them.
