Radical cleric Anjem Choudary guilty of inviting IS support

[Valin]

BBC:

8/16/16

 

Choudary, 49, drummed up support for the militant group in a series of talks posted on YouTube, the Old Bailey heard.

 

He was convicted alongside his confidant, Mohammed Mizanur Rahman.

 

The Met Police said many people tried for serious offences "attended lectures or speeches given by these men".

 

Counter-terrorism chiefs have spent almost 20 years trying to bring Choudary, a father of five, to trial, blaming him, and the proscribed organisations which he helped to run, for radicalising young men and women.

 

Both men were charged with one offence of inviting support for IS - which is contrary to section 12 of the Terrorism Act 2000 - between 29 June 2014 and 6 March 2015. The verdict on the two defendants was delivered on 28 July, but for legal reasons can only now be reported.

 

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