Chemistry teacher who planned to fight for Islamic State jailed for six years

Jamshed Javeed, the chemistry teacher who wanted to travel to Syria to fight for Islamic State, has been jailed for six years.

Jamshed Javeed was jailed for six years at Woolwich Crown Court.

Javeed, from Manchester, was planning to travel in late 2013 after helping his younger brother make the trip.

The 30-year-old's family hid his passport in a desperate bid to stop him travelling, but he refused to change his plans even after his wife told him she was pregnant.

Javeed, who taught at Sharples School in Bolton, was arrested in December 2013 hours before he was set to leave the UK.

He admitted two terror offences, but insisted he was only travelling to support the ordinary Syrian people, not to join the terror group.

But Judge Michael Topolski said he was "not satisfied" that Javeed had rejected "Isis's ultimate aims" and handed him a six-year custodial term and an extended licence period of three years.

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Chemistry teacher who planned to fight for Islamic State jailed for six years