An investigation by the Met Counter Terrorism Command, following the use of powers under Schedule 7 at an airport, has led to the conviction of a man for sharing terrorist documents.
Zaheed Hossen 29 (12.01.1994) from north London, was found guilty on 8 August of five counts of disseminating terrorist publications following a two week and four day trial at Kingston Crown Court.
Zaheed Hossen
Commander Dominic Murphy, head of the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command said:
“This investigation came after officers stopped Hossen using ‘Schedule 7’ powers as he travelled through the airport. These powers help us to identify potential terrorist activity and they ultimately help us to keep the public and UK safe.
We’ve seen that the sharing of terrorist material can cause great harm and damage and we would encourage anybody who spots terrorist or extremist material online to ACT and report it to us, so we can take appropriate action.”
Police began their investigation into Hossen back in August, 2020 after he was stopped and examined by officers as he was travelling from Stansted airport on his way to Turkey.
Using powers under Schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act, 2000, officers stopped and spoke with Hossen. Hossen was allowed to go on his way at that time, but officers seized his phone to carry out further enquiries into the material they identified.
Upon returning to the UK, Hossen was arrested for suspected possession of material that was deemed to breach terrorism legislation. When asked about the material by officers, Hossen denied any knowledge of it and he was released on bail while detectives carried out further enquiries.
The investigation continued whilst Hossen was on bail. Enquiries identified further offences in relation to sharing terrorist-related documents with others. Following a referral to the Crown Prosecution Service, Hossen was charged with five counts of disseminating terrorist material and initially appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on 3 February, 2023.
He pleaded not guilty and the case progressed to trial, resulting in him being convicted for these offences. Sentencing will be held on 17 October 2024.
What do people like him want?
Will the destruction of democracy in the UK honestly make his world a better place?
According to his thinking the answer is ‘yes’. However, another way of dealing with this question is ‘Why live here if elsewhere is so much better?’
It is a mission from their “holy book of Indoctrination” The whole world must adopt their religious beliefs or suffer. And yet we are labeled “bigots” for not wanting that.
The retasking of much of our domestic security services by the Labour government to looking for “far-right” agitators, will let people like this slip under the radar. Why Starmer believes there is a “far right” that is a threat to our domestic security is beyond many in the intelligence services. However, the dicktat from the Home Office to retask will put the British people in danger. The McCarthist fear of the “far-right” under the bed is worrying to say the least.
It is easier to target the far-right as doing so does not bring the labels of “racist” or “Islamophobe”, two words that are often used to shut down any criticism or concern of the growing menace of sectarianism that these religious fanatics are bringing to the UK.
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Yep, so many bombings, vehicle rams and stabbings over the years by the “far right”
Hopefully the DG can sort of ignore as much as possible? And concentrate on Muslim extremism, and Russian and Chinese espionage, the biggest threats I believe to the UK that the Service and Police CTC are responsible for.
Put a noose round people like that ,re introducing the death penalty should apply to people like that