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Showing 1 - 10 of 50 results for crime type "Terrorism" & area "National news"

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Mohammed Mohamoud

Man jailed for preparing acts of terrorism by attempting to join Daesh

Mohamed Mohamoud, 22, has been jailed after he travelled to Somalia in a bid to join Daesh.
Press Release Terrorism National news
East Midlands

Army chef sentenced for having explosives and homemade gun motivated by terrorism

An army chef has been sentenced to 46 months after a homemade gun and explosive ingredients including gunpowder were discovered inside his bedroom.
Press Release Terrorism National news East Midlands

UPDATED WITH SENTENCE: Man who destroyed ULEZ camera with explosive device is convicted

Kevin Rees, 64, has been jailed for using a home-made bomb to destroy a ULEZ camera in southeast London.
Press Release Terrorism National news

CPS to prosecute two men for preparing act of terrorism in Manchester

The Crown Prosecution Service has announced two men have been charged with engaging in conduct in preparation of acts of terrorism in Greater Manchester on the eve of Yom Kippur.Rahman Salehi, 35, and Salam Ahmadyan, 36, were charged with preparing to commit an act of terrorism or assisting another…
Press Release Terrorism National news

CPS decides to charge Joshua Kerry with preparing terrorist acts

The Crown Prosecution Service has decided to prosecute Joshua Kerry for engaging in conduct in preparation of acts of terrorism, including against Nigel Farage MP.
Press Release Terrorism National news

Man who stirred up racial, religious and homophobic hatred jailed

A man who shared antisemitic, racist and homophobic messages on social media intending to stir up hatred against those groups has been jailed for two years. Thomas Webster, 29, pleaded guilty to twelve counts at an earlier hearing after an investigation uncovered a slew of social media…
Press Release Terrorism National news

Teen ‘hitman’ guilty of UK murder plot

***UPDATE: On 16 October 2026 Johannes Natland was sentenced to 20 years detention.***A Norwegian teenager has been convicted of plotting a murder after travelling to the UK to carry out a contract killing for a Swedish crime group with links to the Iranian state. Johannes Natland, 19,…
Press Release Terrorism National news
Mohammad Bashir, a man with a large beard and bald head

Terror plotter who planned attack on UK target jailed

An associate of the Heaton Park Synagogue attacker has been jailed for life today, after planning his own attack on a UK defence target.
Press Release Terrorism National news

UPDATED: Two sentenced over targeted knife attack on Iran International journalist

George Stana, 25, and Nandito Badea, 21, were sentenced after a trial in which jurors heard how a journalist was attacked as he walked from his home to his car in Wimbledon on 29 March 2024.
Press Release Terrorism National news

Teenager who threatened to kill classmates jailed

A teenager who threatened to kill classmates and had a stash of material capable of making explosives has been jailed for three years and 11 months
Press Release Terrorism National news

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