Chemistry teacher who ‘wanted to join Islamic State’ set for sentencing

A chemistry teacher accused of planning to fight alongside Islamic State in Syria is due to be sentenced today.

Jamshed Javeed, 30, pleaded guilty to two terror charges in August.

Jamshed Javeed, 30, from Levenshulme in Manchester started supporting the group's cause in August 2013, police alleged.

Officers claimed his family had been so worried about him travelling to the war-torn country that they hid his passport in a bid to stop him.

The married father-of-two obtained a replacement and was arrested by counter-terror police in December of that year following fears that he was preparing to fly out imminently to Syria with equipment bought for use on the battlefield.

Javeed - a teacher at Sharples High School in Bolton - admitted he intended to travel to Syria to join rebels fighting against the Assad regime, but insisted he "has never supported and does not support the aims of Isis as now revealed and understood," the court heard.

He pleaded guilty last October to two counts of engaging in conduct in preparation of terrorist acts.

The first charge states that he provided funding and bought equipment with the intention of helping others commit an act of terrorism, while the secound count states Javeed made plans and bought equipment with the intention of carrying out terrorism.

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Chemistry teacher who 'wanted to join Islamic State' set for sentencing