Jihadist jailed for five years - well done the Met

A student who created extremist videos and posted them on the internet has been jailed for five years after an investigation by the Metropolitan Police's Counter Terrorism Command.

Mohammed Gul, 23, from Hornchurch had been found guilty after a trial at the Old Bailey.

The court heard he created videos which could have encouraged acts of terrorism by editing footage of coalition soldiers together with logos of terrorist groups and extremist commentary.

He also made videos showing the making and detonation of explosive devices and footage of the 9/11 attacks on New York.

He then put them online using four different YouTube accounts - 'marinetargetcorp', 'marinetargetinc', '35marines' and 'marinetargetboy' - as well as posting links to an chat room.

Three of the accounts were subsequently suspended by the online video channel.

When his home was searched in 2009 officers found extremist material including footage of executions and martyrdom videos by suicide bombers.

Gul was found guilty of five counts of dissemination of terrorist publications contrary to Section 2 of the Terrorism Act 2006

Deputy Assistant Commissioner Stuart Osborne, Senior National Co-ordinator Counter Terrorism, said: "The videos posted on the internet by Gul were inflammatory and clearly had the potential to incite terrorism.

"The clips graphically showed acts of terrorism and the logos of known terrorist groups.

"This is one of the first successful prosecutions relating to disseminating terrorist publications via the internet and shows our commitment to tackling those who support and encourage terrorism whatever means they use."