Jihadi who twice tried to travel to Syria admits terror plans
A WANNABE jihadi who twice tried to travel to Syria to join a terrorist organisation but was stopped both times has admitted preparing for acts of terrorism.
Jabed Hussain was sent back to the UK after being stopped in Turkey
Jabed Hussain, 22, made it as far as Turkey the first time before being stopped at the Syrian border and deported back to the UK last August.
His second attempt saw his plans thwarted before he even left the UK after he was snared online by an undercover officer, and he was arrested on April 28 this year.
Police later recovered items he had gathered for his trip from the An Noor Mosque in Acton, west London.
Hussain pleaded guilty to planning terror acts
Hussain today pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey to two counts of preparation of terrorist acts with the intention of committing acts of terrorism or assisting another to commit such acts.
You have pleaded guilty to two serious offences
The first charge relates to his plans between March 21 and August 28 last year, and the second between August 27 2015 and April 29 this year.
Wearing a grey tracksuit and with a black beard, Hussain, of west London, spoke only to confirm his name and enter his pleas.
Sentencing was adjourned until December 26.
The judge adjourned the case till next month
Oliver Glasgow, prosecuting, told the court Hussain had pleaded guilty on the basis that some of the items recovered from the mosque - a flag, a bag and a mobile phone - were not his, which the Crown accepted.
He said: "He does not accept responsibility for one of the bags, for a mobile phone, and for a flag that was found in the mosque.
"We are prepared to accept that those items do not belong to him."
The man also pleaded guilty to assisting someone in carrying out a terror act
Judge Anuja Dhir said a prison sentence was "inevitable".
She told Hussain: "You have pleaded guilty to two serious offences.
"I am going to adjourn this case until the 16th of December. You are remanded in custody."