Ozain Yousef: Leeds man sentenced after posting support for Hamas

April 9, 2024   

(BBC) A man who admitted posting support for Hamas on social media has been sentenced for a terrorism offence.

Ozain Yousef, 23, shared extremist material supportive of the group following its attack on Israel on 7 October, Westminster Magistrates’ Court heard.

Yousef, of Mexborough Place, Leeds, admitted a charge of supporting a proscribed organisation last month.

He was sentenced to 16 weeks’ imprisonment, suspended for two years.

The court heard Yousef was arrested on 24 November last year as part of an investigation by Counter Terrorism Policing North East.

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