This article is from the source 'guardian' and was first published or seen on . It last changed over 40 days ago and won't be checked again for changes.

You can find the current article at its original source at http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/jul/02/british-woman-charged-inciting-terrorism-isis-membership-staffordshire

The article has changed 4 times. There is an RSS feed of changes available.

Version 2 Version 3
British woman charged with inciting terrorism and Isis membership British woman denies inciting terrorism and Isis membership
(about 7 hours later)
A woman from Staffordshire has been charged with inciting terrorism and being a member of Islamic State. A young mother from Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, who took her one-year-old son to Syria last year, has appeared in court to deny inciting terrorism or being a member of Islamic State (Isis).
The 26-year-old from Burton-on-Trent is accused of sending a series of tweets encouraging others to “commit, prepare or instigate” acts of terror. Tareena Shakil, 26, appeared in Westminster magistrates court on Thursday for a brief hearing. She is charged with joining Isis and sending out a series of tweets encouraging others to “commit, prepare or instigate acts of terror”. Her son cannot be named for legal reasons.
West Midlands police said the woman, who cannot be named, was also charged with belonging to a banned organisation, namely Isis, between October 2014 and January this year. She was arrested in February by officers from West Midlands counter-terrorism unit at Heathrow airport, after arriving on a flight from Turkey.
The woman is due to appear at Westminster magistrates court later on Thursday. Shakil, a slight figure, dressed in a blue-and-white patterned headscarf and a black top, spoke in a quiet voice to confirm her name and date of birth.
She was arrested by officers from the West Midlands counter-terrorism unit at Heathrow airport in February after arriving on a flight from Turkey. When asked whether she pleaded guilty or not guilty to the charges, she answered “not guilty” to both counts.
One of two charges against the woman alleges that she breached the 2006 Terrorism Act by publishing tweets intending members of the public to be “directly encouraged or otherwise induced” to commit, prepare or instigate acts of terrorism between 30 September and 20 October last year. Prosecutors said Shakil belonged to the proscribed organisation Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, between 23 October 2014 and 9 January this year.
It is also alleged that she was a member of Isis between 23 October 2014 and 9 January 2015, while within the jurisdiction of the central criminal court. Mark Dawson, prosecuting, said: “Her intention was clear: she was going to join Islamic State to offer whatever support she could.”
She is also charged with breaching the Terrorism Act 2006 by publishing a number of tweets between 30 September and 20 October last year, which “intended members of the public to be directly encouraged or otherwise induced by the statement to commit, prepare or instigate acts of terrorism or being reckless as to whether members of the public will be directly or indirectly encouraged or otherwise induced by the statement to commit, prepare or instigate such acts of terrorism.”
The district judge Emma Arbuthnot denied her bail and she was remanded in custody. Shakil will next appear at the Old Bailey before Mr Justice Saunders on 20 July.