Chemistry teacher who planned to join Islamic State ‘prepared to commit multiple acts of murder’

A chemistry teacher who planned to travel to Syria to fight alongside Islamic State prepared himself to commit "multiple acts of murder", a court has heard.

Jamshed Javeed, 30, was among a group of young Muslim men who became radicalised and "determined to fight Jihad" in 2013.

He helped his younger brother Mohammed and two other men join the terrorist group in Syria by providing money for flights as well as clothing and equipment, Woolwich Crown Court in London heard.

Javeed is then said to have prepared to travel to the country with another member of the group, Nur Hassan, to fight with Isis and their fellow Britons against government forces.

In November 2013, he bought clothing, equipment and flight tickets but he was stopped from travelling by his family, who hid the clothes he had prepared, along with his passport.

Javeed, who is married with a young child, pressed ahead with his plans despite the pleas of his wife and family not to go, prosecutor Simon Denison QC said.

He said: "He persisted, buying more clothing and equipment to take with him for himself and others, and applying for a replacement passport."

The teacher, from Levenshulme, Manchester, was arrested in December 2013.

Police found material on his mobile phones and computers providing evidence of a "violent Islamist ideology" and his "intention to engage in acts of terrorism in support of that Islamist ideology".

Javeed, who taught 11-to-16-year-olds at Sharples High School in Bolton, pleaded guilty last year to two counts of engaging in conduct in preparation of terrorist acts.

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Chemistry teacher who planned to join Islamic State 'prepared to commit multiple acts of murder'