Man jailed for sharing terrorist material online

A man from West London has been jailed for sharing terrorist propaganda on social media following a counter-terrorism investigation by the Met.

Mohammad Zubair Khan was found to have shared Daesh videos glorifying terrorism on various online platforms over an 18-month period.

The Met’s Counter Terrorism Command investigated after officers found that Khan had posted an extremist video on Twitter in May 2021. He was then arrested in November 2021.

In November 2022, Khan admitted to multiple terrorism offences at the Old Bailey. He has now been sentenced to four years’ imprisonment and one year on licence.

Commander Dominic Murphy, who leads the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command, said: “Terrorist groups like Daesh produce online content to try and radicalise and recruit others, and encourage them to commit terrorist acts. Suspects being exposed to, and seeking out this kind of material is a feature of many of our terrorism investigations. But we have a specialist team which is proactive in finding this kind of harmful content, and working with online media companies to get it removed quickly.

“The public can also play a vital role - we would urge anyone who sees extremist content on social media, or on a website to report it straight away. We will investigate where appropriate, and act to get this dangerous propaganda taken down.”

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