An ISIS terrorist who had been granted indefinite depart to stay in Britain as a youngster after arriving illegally now faces jail, after being discovered with a ‘suicide bomb handbook’ on ‘home made explosive belts’.
Abdullah Yousef, 24, created a Telegram group the place he printed terrorist materials, together with directions on learn how to make suicide vests and sharing movies glorifying the 9/11 assaults on America which killed practically 3,000 individuals.
Yousef arrived within the UK aged 15 claiming to be from Syria, though prosecutors suspect he’s from Egypt.
Alongside a variety of messages Yousef had despatched on Telegram which professed his assist for, and membership of Daesh, a proscribed terrorist organisation, he additionally despatched a message saying: ‘By the best way, I’m a terrorist.’
Yousef, of Milton Keynes, was discovered responsible of membership of a proscribed organisation following a two-week trial at Birmingham Crown Court docket.
He can be sentenced at Birmingham Crown Court docket at a later date.
The court docket heard Yousef had an curiosity in excessive Islamist materials, notably regarding Daesh, a proscribed terrorist organisation.
He was convicted of terror offences together with membership of the Islamic State and the possession of knowledge more likely to be helpful to an individual committing or getting ready an act of terrorism, within the type of a doc titled ‘home made explosive belts’.
Abdullah Yousef, of Milton Keynes, was discovered responsible by unanimous jury of a variety of offences following a two-week trial at Birmingham Crown Court docket
Yousef was additionally convicted of six expenses of dissemination of a terrorist publication.
One of many expenses associated to a video depicting the dual towers assault on September 11, 2025 – the twenty fourth anniversary of the phobia assault on New York Metropolis that killed nearly 3,000 individuals.
Anti-terror police additionally found that Yousef had established a Telegram channel the place he made huge quantities of terrorist materials obtainable to others.
Frederick Hookway, prosecuting, instructed an earlier listening to: ‘The defendant was arrested on December 16, 2025 at his house handle.
‘After being arrested, the property was searched, and the digital gadget was seized, a cell phone.
‘The proof actually comes from that cell phone and what was discovered inside.’
Mr Hookway continued: ‘Going again to Could 4, 2024, the defendant was engaged in a dialog on Telegram with one other person.
‘He was despatched a hyperlink on archive that was then used to make a pledge of allegiance to IS.
‘What follows from this can be a lot of fabric that might recommend sympathy, if not assist for, IS, that features disseminations of publications that assist IS.
‘Added to that, there was a particular doc recovered from that phone which appeared to have been saved, a information to creating suicide vests.
‘Though it didn’t include all of the directions wanted, it might have been able to being helpful to somebody with that intention.
‘Inside different messages, the defendant overtly referred to searching for out that information.
‘When it comes to what else is thought of the defendant, he entered the UK illegally when he was roughly 15 years previous.
‘He claims to have come from Syria, however taking into consideration the dialect on his telephone, he seems to have come from Egypt.
‘He has indefinite depart to stay within the UK.’
Detective Chief Superintendent Oliver Wright, Head of Counter Terrorism Policing South East stated: ‘Yousef professed being a member of Daesh (aka Islamic State), a proscribed terrorist group within the UK, that promotes violence in furtherance of its trigger.
‘He additionally made huge portions of terrorist materials obtainable to others, together with particulars of learn how to make improvised explosive gadgets and a video glorifying the 9/11 assaults on the Twin Towers.
‘Sharing this content material can have the very dangerous results of encouraging these weak to radicalisation to undertake the same extremist mindset and be motivated to have interaction in terrorist exercise.’
Detective Chief Superintendent Wright stated the general public can report anybody expressing excessive views or hatred, by way of www.gov.uk/act or name the Anti-Terrorism Hotline on 0800 789 321.
