(GB News) An extremist who gave himself the nickname of “TikTok Jihadist” has been jailed for 11 years.
Kyle Marcano, 28, took an “oath of allegiance” in a plot to join the terrorist group Isis and become a sniper.
Marcano was excluded from school at the age of 11 and has a violent past including offences for robbery, wounding and blackmail. It was while he was in prison he became radicalised.
At Birmingham Crown Court he was sentenced to 11 years in jail with an extended four-year licence period.
The court heard how he shared extremist material including official Islamic State propaganda depicting executions and vowed to commit violence in the UK in the name of jihad if he was prevented from leaving.
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