Man guilty of breaching notification order

A convicted terrorist has been found guilty of breaching a notification order following an investigation by Counter Terrorism Policing South East (CTPSE).

On Monday at the Central Criminal Court, a resident of High Wycombe, was found guilty of three breaches of a Part 4 Terrorist Notification Order, under Section 54 of the Counter Terrorism Act 2008.

Twenty five year-old Iftikar Ali had been arrested on 21 June 2022 and was subsequently charged on 26 September the same year.

Ali failed to notify police of financial information, namely a cryptocurrency account and two email addresses which were the conditions of his notification order.

Head of CTPSE, Detective Chief Superintendent Olly Wright, said Ali failed to report these details.

“In order to protect the public, many terrorism offenders have strict restrictions placed on them when they are released into the community," he said.  

Wright added: “This case is a prime example of the work that CT Policing undertakes to manage convicted terrorists and other terrorism risk offenders, by proactively identifying and investigating breaches of court orders."