20-year-old British man convicted of terrorism-related crimes after 2024 trip to Pakistan

20-year-old British man convicted of terrorism-related crimes after 2024 trip to Pakistan

The case was investigated by Counter Terrorism Policing (CTP) London (symbolic image)

A British court has convicted a man who came under investigation by security agencies after a trip to Pakistan two years ago, of possessing and distributing Islamic terrorist material.Shuja Jibril Mohsin, 20, was found guilty on Friday after a two-week trial at London’s Old Bailey court. He is scheduled to be sentenced on August 14.According to Counter Terrorism Policing (CTP), which investigated Mohsin, he was stopped by officers at Heathrow Airport upon returning to the UK from a trip to Pakistan in January 2024.“After being stopped, Mohsin was allowed to continue his journey, but specialist officers conducted further examinations of his device and USB stick, during which they found evidence that he was viewing material and joining various chat groups associated with extremist Islamic groups, including the Taliban, Hamas and Daesh (ISIS),” the CTP said in a statement.“When they examined his phone, officers identified material of particular concern, including a bomb-making manual, as well as a Daesh execution video, which Mohsin had sent to an online contact,” it said.He was later arrested twice in March and July 2024 and his computer was confiscated. He was later released on bail. Following further questioning and examination of his devices, the Crown Prosecution Service authorized charges against him in April 2025.According to the statement, Mohsin has been convicted in one case of possessing documents useful to a terrorist related to bomb making manuals. He was also found guilty of two counts of disseminating terrorist material, linked to an ISIS execution video he shared with an online contact.Following the verdict, Helen Flanagan, head of CTP London, said that Mohsin had joined extremist ideology when he was only 14 or 15 years old. He urged parents to be aware of their children’s online activity.The statement said, “Our investigation revealed that Mohsin had been attracted to extremist and terrorist material and ideologies since he was 14 or 15 years old. It is important that parents and carers are aware of what children are doing on the internet. I would urge you to have conversations, to be aware of what your children are doing online… Otherwise, there will be very clear and serious consequences for those who are involved in downloading or sharing terrorist material online, a The reality that Mohsin is now facing.” Like Flanagan says.

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