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Teacher Jamshed Javeed admits Syria terror offences Teacher Jamshed Javeed admits Syria terror offences
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Chemistry teacher Jamshed Javeed has pleaded guilty to two Syria-related terror offences.Chemistry teacher Jamshed Javeed has pleaded guilty to two Syria-related terror offences.
Javeed, 30, of Levenshulme in Manchester, accepted he intended to travel to Syria to join rebels fighting against the government.Javeed, 30, of Levenshulme in Manchester, accepted he intended to travel to Syria to join rebels fighting against the government.
Javeed, who taught at Sharples School in Bolton, admitted two counts of engaging in conduct in preparation of terror acts.Javeed, who taught at Sharples School in Bolton, admitted two counts of engaging in conduct in preparation of terror acts.
He appeared at Woolwich Crown Court and will be sentenced in December.He appeared at Woolwich Crown Court and will be sentenced in December.
'Radical views''Radical views'
Prosecutors say Javeed was arrested while preparing for a trip to Syria to join terror group Islamic State (IS), also known as Isis. Prosecutors say Javeed was arrested by counter-terrorism officers last December while preparing for a trip to Syria to join terror group Islamic State (IS), also known as Isis.
Greater Manchester Police said Javeed had been "an otherwise law-abiding man" who had a child, and another on the way, when relatives noticed he was "beginning to hold more radical views". His family had earlier tried to stop him by taking and hiding his passport but he obtained a replacement document.
Det Chief Supt Tony Mole, head of the North West Counter Terrorism Unit, said: "However from August last year both his appearance and behaviour started to change and in a short space of time he started to support the Isis cause and those planning to travel to Syria. The teacher is said to have become rapidly radicalised from living an ordinary Western lifestyle to becoming someone determined to fight in the Middle East, having changed his appearance and behaviour from August 2013.
"His family grew suspicious and were clearly intent on stopping him, but he ignored their pleas and told them he was determined to go through with his plans to travel to Syria." Greater Manchester Police said up until then, Javeed had been "an otherwise law-abiding man" who had a child, with another on the way.
He added: "What this case tells us is that the earlier we can be told about someone's intentions to join a group like this the better. Ideally, we would like to stop people well before they get to this stage." Det Chief Supt Tony Mole, head of the North West Counter Terrorism Unit, said: "His family grew suspicious and were clearly intent on stopping him, but he ignored their pleas and told them he was determined to go through with his plans to travel to Syria."
Det Chief Supt Mole added: "What this case tells us is that the earlier we can be told about someone's intentions to join a group like this the better. Ideally, we would like to stop people well before they get to this stage."
At the time of his arrest, Javeed said he felt the British government was not doing enough to help the situation in Syria and that his actions were "honourable".At the time of his arrest, Javeed said he felt the British government was not doing enough to help the situation in Syria and that his actions were "honourable".
Woolwich Crown Court, in south-east London, heard he no longer supports the actions of IS in Syria and Iraq.Woolwich Crown Court, in south-east London, heard he no longer supports the actions of IS in Syria and Iraq.
In a basis of plea submitted by his lawyers, Javeed insisted he is not an extremist and "has never supported and does not support the aims of Isis as now revealed and understood".
'Appalled at brutality'
It added: "He does not support suicide bombings, the execution of hostages, or forcing non-Muslims to convert to Islam.
"Jamshed Javeed believes that as a result of Isis's actions - attacking other rebel groups and its brutally-executed ambition to create a new caliphate in the region - it has shifted the focus from defending [Syrian President Bashar al-Assad], who is now in a much stronger position."
He is "appalled at the indiscriminate brutality" of IS and would not now travel to Syria, according to the basis of plea.
The court heard Javeed learned his younger brother Mohammed Javeed was planning to travel to Syria in August or September last year.
He transferred £1,400 to his bank account - knowing that £1,100 of that money would pay for his brother and a friend to fly to Syria.
Javeed did not recruit, advise or encourage anyone to travel to the country, according to the basis of plea that prosecutors will now consider.
'Isolated incident'
Sharples School head teacher Rachel Quesnel told the Bolton News: "It came as a huge shock to be informed by the police that they had arrested a member of staff. We acted on the advice of the local authority and the police and suspended the individual."
She added: "There was no evidence whatsoever to link any criminal activity to our school or the wider community and no evidence to suggest that any pupils, staff or the wider community were under any kind of threat.
"We would like to reassure all our stakeholders that this was an isolated incident, involving one individual, and is in no way a reflection on Sharples School."
Javeed was remanded in custody ahead of sentencing on December 12.