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Friday 6 February 2015

British jihadist Imran Khawaja jailed for 12 years

A British jihadist who fled to Syria and joined a militant group with links to so-called Islamic State has been given a 12-year custodial sentence.

Imran Khawaja, from west London, spent six months in Syria, during which he was pictured posing with severed heads.

Khawaja, 27, was arrested in Dover last June after faking his death and trying to return to the UK undetected.

He admitted preparing for acts of terrorism, attending a camp, receiving training and possessing firearms.

Delivering his decision, judge Mr Justice Baker said Khawaja posed "a significant risk of serious harm" to the public. He will serve a minimum of eight years and also serve 5 years on licence.

Khawaja was a "willing and enthusiastic" participant in recruitment films, the judge said
His cousin, Tahir Bhatti, from Watford in Hertfordshire was jailed for 21 months. He will serve half of his sentence.

Bhatti had driven to Serbia to collect Khawaja and bring him back to the UK.

Asim Ali, from Ealing in west London - who provided his friend Khawaja with funds - was also given 21 months in prison.
At Woolwich Crown Court, Khawaja's counsel Henry Blaxland QC told the court his client had a very low IQ and had been "indoctrinated" in the months before he fled for Syria, in January 2014.

But Mr Justice Baker described Khawaja, who joined the Rayat al-Tawheed (RAT) insurgent group, as a "willing and enthusiastic" participant in recruitment films.



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