Man jailed for terrorism offences

A man from Norfolk has been jailed for terrorism and child abuse offences following a Met Counter Terrorism Police investigation.

Sejr Forster was arrested at his home in May 2022 by counter terrorism officers who identified he had been stockpiling terrorist documents. The officers were assisted by counter terrorism colleagues from the Eastern Region Special Operations Unit.

Forster said he had lost his phone at the pub, though detectives found it hidden underneath her mattress.

Digital forensic specialists found  more than 750 indecent pictures and videos of children aged as young as three on the phone, along with both digital and hard copies of manuals describing how to make weapons and explosives.

Forster to four years in jail, plus one year on licence at the Old Bailey, after being convicted of three counts of collection of information of a kind likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism, contrary to section 58 of the Terrorism Act 2000, and three counts of making indecent images of children (categories A, B and C), contrary to the Protection of Children Act 1978.

He will also be subject to a ten-year terrorism notification order and a ten-year sexual harm prevention order once he is released.

Commander Dominic Murphy, head of the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command, said: “Forster built an appalling library of terrorist and child abuse material. His stockpile included the most serious types of child abuse images, and detailed bomb-making instructions. We also found texts and paraphernalia that highlighted his extreme right-wing mindset.

“It’s thanks to the thoroughness of counter terrorism investigators that Forster has been held to account both for the terrorism offences and child abuse crimes.”

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