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Three women who displayed images of paragliders during a protest in central London have been found guilty of arousing suspicion that they were supporting a proscribed terrorist organisation.Paragliders were used by Hamas to breach the Gaza/Israel border during the terror attacks on 7 October where…
A far-right extremist who posted offensive content on social media and glorified the murderer of Jo Cox MP has been jailed for two years and eight months. Kieran Turner was jailed on Thursday, 8 February.Kieran Turner, from Earby, Lancashire, began his offending in 2016 when he opened an…
Two Islamist extremists have been jailed for terrorist offences.Al-Arfat Hassan, 21, from Enfield, was sentenced to a seven year extended sentence with at least five years in prison for possessing chemicals for a terrorist purpose . A youth, 17, was sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison for…
Nick Price, head of the CPS Special Crime and Counter Terrorism Division, said: “Following a review of evidence provided by the Metropolitan Police, we have authorised a charge against a man after a demonstration in central London in November 2023. “Khaled Hajsaad, 24, been charged with…
A man who planned to kill a Christian preacher at Speaker’s Corner in Hyde Park has been jailed for a minimum of 24 years.Edward Little, 22, conducted research into firearms, the location of the planned attack, and his intended target.He also made arrangements to purchase a firearm before being…
The editor of a far-right website has been convicted of possessing racially inflammatory material including stickers that had been posted in and around Liverpool in 2021 as part of a campaign directing people to a website calling for the establishment of a white master race.
James Costello…
A man who admitted funding terrorism and possessing a firearm for terrorist purposes has been jailed for eight years.
Aine Davis, 39, originally from London, left the UK in July 2013, flying to Turkey before travelling to Syria to join the Islamic State (IS) group.
While in Syria, Davis…
Counter-terrorism legislation should not hinder legitimate humanitarian, development and peace building organisations from operating overseas, the CPS has said today.
Specialists from the Crown Prosecution Service have produced a framework of some of the public interest considerations which…
A story in the Sunday Telegraph - 'Prosecutors allow dozens of charges brought against terrorists to 'lie on file' - has incorrectly claimed the CPS is allowing charges to lie on file for defendants accused of terror offences as part of “sweetheart deals”.
We refute this in the strongest terms…
Sue Hemming, CPS Director of Legal Services, said:
“During the weekend of 4 March 2018 in Salisbury the former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia were poisoned with a military-grade nerve agent of a type developed by Russia, part of a group of nerve agents known as ‘Novichok’.
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