UK Court Convicts Man for Islamist Terrorist Material Possession and Distribution

The case was probed by Counter Terrorism Policing (CTP) London (Representational image)

A UK court has convicted a man of possessing and distributing Islamist terrorist material after he came under scrutiny from security agencies following a visit to Pakistan two years ago. Shuja Gibraeel Mohsin, 20, was found guilty on Friday after a two-week trial at London’s Old Bailey court. He is due to be sentenced on August 14.

According to Counter Terrorism Policing (CTP), which investigated Mohsin, he was stopped by officers at Heathrow Airport in January 2024 upon his return to the UK from a trip to Pakistan. “After the stop, Mohsin was allowed to continue his journey, but specialist officers conducted a further examination of his device and a USB stick, during which they found evidence that he had been viewing material and joining various chat groups linked to extremist Islamist groups, including the Taliban, Hamas and Daesh (ISIS),” CTP said in a statement.

“As they examined his phone, officers identified material of particular concern, including a bomb-making manual, as well as a Daesh execution video that Mohsin had sent to an online contact,” it added. He was subsequently arrested twice, in March and July 2024, and his computer was seized. He was later released on bail.

Following further inquiries and examination of his devices, the Crown Prosecution Service authorised charges against him in April 2025. According to the statement, Mohsin has been convicted of one count of possessing a document likely to be useful to a terrorist, relating to the bomb-making manual. He was also found guilty on two counts of disseminating terrorist material, linked to ISIS execution videos he shared with an online contact.

After the verdict, Commander Helen Flanagan, head of CTP London, said Mohsin was drawn into extremist ideologies when he was only 14 or 15. She urged parents to stay aware of their children’s online activity. “Our investigation showed that Mohsin was being drawn into extremist and terrorist material and ideologies from when he was only 14 or 15 years old. It’s vital that parents and carers are aware of what children are doing on the internet. I would implore you to have conversations, to be inquisitive about what your children are doing online… Otherwise, there are very clear and serious consequences for those who are involved in downloading or sharing terrorist content online, a reality that Mohsin is now facing,” the statement quoted Flanagan as saying.