Two males from Nottinghamshire and West Yorkshire have appeared in court docket charged with planning to commit an act of terrorism following an investigation by Counter Terrorism Policing North East, the UK Defence Journal understands.
Oliver William Rea, 24, from Arnold, and Muhammad Bham, 19, from Dewsbury, had been charged with participating in conduct in preparation of an act of terrorism underneath Part 5 of the Terrorism Act 2006.
In response to police, Rea faces further counts together with three for disseminating terrorist publications that allegedly encourage terrorism, two for inviting assist for ISIS underneath Part 12(1) of the Terrorism Act 2000, and two for expressing assist for proscribed organisations, specifically Al Qaeda and ISIS, underneath Part 12(1A) of the identical laws.
The lads had been detained on October 29 in what investigators described as an intelligence-led operation supported by West Yorkshire Police, Nottinghamshire Police, and Counter Terrorism Policing East Midlands. Warrants of additional detention had been granted by a court docket on October 31.
Each defendants had been remanded in custody and are scheduled to seem once more at Westminster Magistrates’ Courtroom on November 13.
The Terrorism Act 2000 and its subsequent amendments present UK authorities with powers to research and prosecute terrorism-related offences, together with the preparation of assaults and the dissemination of extremist materials. Counter Terrorism Policing North East is certainly one of a number of regional models tasked with investigating and disrupting terrorist exercise throughout the nation, usually working in coordination with native police forces and nationwide intelligence companies.