A British barber has been jailed after transferring thousands of pounds from Covid grants to the Islamic State.british news
Barber sentenced to 12 years in prison after transferring thousands of pounds from taxpayer-funded coronavirus subsidy to terrorist group Islamic State in Syria.
Tarek Namz, 43, told colleagues he had transferred up to £25,000 to IS fighters after discussing the purchase of bombs, Kalashnikov rifles and other firearms as part of a plan to attack the Syrian government. the court heard.
At a hearing Thursday in Kingston’s Crown Court, KC Judge Peter Rodder sentenced Namoos to 12 years in prison and granted a one-year extension, ruling that he had shown a “commitment to terrorism” and “reinstated the running of the nation.” “We plan to establish it,” he said. on extreme Islamic principles.”
Lodder said Namouz sent money from the local council to Syrian terrorists through Western currency exchanges. London.
Namouz was convicted last month of eight counts of entering into terrorist financing agreements between November 2020 and May 2021.
The crime took place just months after Nammouz was released on license after serving half of a 10-year prison sentence for rape. A former pub landlord locked her 18-year-old girl inside Prince’s Public House in her Green, North London, before raping her in an attack in September 2014. .
He is believed to have been released in September 2019. Shortly thereafter, he set up his Boss Crew Barbers in West London and received his Covid-19 grant from the London Boroughs of Hammersmith and Fulham.
Police have identified transfers totaling around £11,280 to people in Syria. Nammouz denied knowing the money would be used for terrorism and told police he had sent the money “to help the poor and needy in Syria”.
He was arrested in May 2021 after a search warrant was executed at his home and place of work. An analysis of one of Namouz’s phone calls shows that he was in regular contact with the Syrian people on his WhatsApp, and they discussed buying a building to “store weapons”. was It is occupied by ISIS fighters, including Kalashnikovs, heavy machine guns and explosives.
Files downloaded from the Telegram app on Namouz’s phone contained IS propaganda and instructions for preparing explosives, making improvised explosive devices, and combat tactics. One video showed IS fighters demonstrating assassination techniques with knives.
Namouz was convicted in July 2013 of selling more than £40,000 of counterfeit clothing and was sentenced to 30 months in prison with two years’ probation.
Wood Green’s Crown Court heard he was selling fakes of Dior, Playboy, Chanel, Dolce & Gabbana, Gucci, Armani and Versace from his Edmonton Green store.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jan/05/uk-barber-jailed-sending-islamic-state-thousand-of-pounds-covid-loans-tarek-namouz-funding-terrorism-london A British barber has been jailed after transferring thousands of pounds from Covid grants to the Islamic State.british news