Islamic Extremist Locked-Up For Terrorist Guides

An Islamic extremist, who phoned 999 and threatened to kill cops, has been jailed for two years and four months.

Mohammed Ghani, 28, downloaded terrorist guides at his north London home, which gave tips on how to build bombs and kill multiple people.

The Old Bailey heard counter terrorism police arrested Ghani on January 12 after he made the calls, which also included an anti-terror hotline.

Ghani was in the Channel intervention programme at the time, having expressed extremist views.

Commander Clarke Jarrett, head of the Metropolitan Police's Counter Terrorism Command, said: “When my officers went to Ghani’s address, they questioned him about devices he had in his bedroom and he confessed they contained electronic copies of terrorist magazines.

“The officer seized his devices, including USB sticks and a laptop, and these were later analysed by digital forensic specialists.

“They did indeed contain terrorist publications, featuring horrendous articles about how to make different types of bombs, where to carry out terrorist attacks and how to assassinate people.”

When officers asked him about the magazines, which included an issue commemorating the September 11 terror attacks, Ghani said he considered them “entertaining and informative.”

Ghani was charged with eight counts of possession of a document containing terrorist information to which he pleaded guilty.

Commander Jarrett concluded: “The material Ghani downloaded is not ‘entertaining and informative’ as he stated, but is toxic, hate-filled and in the wrong hands would provide a person with sufficient knowledge to carry out an attack.

“We take the downloading of this material incredibly seriously and have a team of digital experts working to identify those viewing and sharing this kind of material, so that we can bring them to face justice just as we have done with Ghani.”