Teenager appears before court on charge of promoting Isis

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A teenager accused of stirring up support for Islamic State is expected to face trial next year.

Syed Ajaz Karim Choudhury, from Cardiff, appeared via video link at the Old Bailey. He has been charged with engaging in conduct in preparation of terrorist acts and inviting support for a proscribed organisation.

Prosecutors allege the 19-year-old went online to research travelling from Turkey to Syria, and to find others to travel with. Court documents further allege that on 26 July Choudhury “invited support for a proscribed organisation, namely Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (Isis), by encouraging others to support the said proscribed organisation”.

Choudhury is yet to enter a plea, but Mr Justice Sweeney has set a provisional trial date of 15 June 2015.