An IS sympathiser was jailed after being arrested at a primary school where he had told a teacher they were an 'infidel' and would ‘burn in hell’.
Atiq Ahmed, from Oldham, was later found to have material from an Islamic State propaganda magazine on a tablet computer. He was arrested following an incident at Werneth Primary School in Oldham in October last year. Ahmed, 35, was seen talking to children near the entrance of the school.
At first staff thought he was a parent, but Ahmed became aggressive when questioned by a teacher. He then shouted at the teacher, saying: “You are an infidel. You are going to burn in hell. You are a kafir (a derogatory term referring to non-Muslims).”
Ahmed was arrested, and after police found Islamist material on his phone, they raided his home in Copster Hill Road. He claimed the material found on the tablet was for research and he denied he was a terrorist.
The defendant, who was previously jailed for terrorism offences, has now been sent down again.
He was jailed for four years and six months after pleading guilty to five counts of possessing a document or record which contains information of a kind likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism, contrary to Section 58 of the Terrorism Act 2000.
