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| Cardiff teen Syed Choudhury detained for Syria IS bid | Cardiff teen Syed Choudhury detained for Syria IS bid |
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| A Cardiff teenager with "chilling" extremist views has been detained for planning to travel to Syria to fight with so-called Islamic State | |
| The Old Bailey heard the only reason 19-year-old Syed Choudhury did not go was because he could not find someone to travel with. | |
| The Cardiff and Vale College student admitted to engaging in conduct in preparation of terrorist acts. | |
| He will serve three years, four months at a young offenders' institution. | |
| Originally from Bradford, Choudhury was living with his aunt in Cardiff. | Originally from Bradford, Choudhury was living with his aunt in Cardiff. |
| The court heard the defendant had been radicalised by people he regarded as elders after he left home to study in Cardiff. | |
| 'Ranted to officers' | |
| His extreme views were revealed when he ranted to officers about Sharia law, saying he wanted to be the one to bring it to the UK while in custody. | |
| "The bluntness of what you said on that occasion is chilling. It reveals your dangerousness," Judge Peter Rook QC, said. | |
| "However I do accept you are immature. You are impressionable to indoctrination. | |
| "You now say 'I'm lucky I came to prison, I'm lucky I got stopped'. | |
| "You have shown some awareness of how misguided your earlier extremist position was." | |
| The court previously heard how in July 2014, Choudhury took part in a demonstration in Cardiff protesting about the conflict in Gaza. | |
| He carried a banner proclaiming his support for Islamic State which brought him to the attention of anti-terrorism officers. | |
| Prosecutor Sarah Whitehouse QC said in the weeks following the demonstration, Choudhury accessed websites about travelling to Syria and another one that was entitled "10 reasons to join ISIS". | |
| Ms Whitehouse said he also downloaded images that showed his active interest in extremism and had conversations on social media about travelling to Turkey and Syria to fight. | |
| Choudhury was arrested last December and during interview he repeatedly said he supported IS and that he would be happy to kill non-believers under Islamic State rule. | |
| The court also heard throughout 2014 he was downloading extremist ideology and had saved £3000 working in a fast food restaurant to fund his jihadi travel. | |
| 'Vulnerable' | |
| He was due to go on trial on Wednesday at the Old Bailey, but changed his plea after the jury had been sworn in. | |
| Abdul Iqbal QC, defending, said the evidence showed Choudhury's enthusiasm to travel to Turkey or Syria, but said that Choudhury had not got further than making inquiries. | |
| "There are no direct links with anyone in the area of Turkey or Syria who could assist him," he said. | |
| "Naivety, immaturity and lack of insight are the hallmarks of his character," Mr Iqbal said. | |
| Choudhury was vulnerable and was targeted by older individuals in the Cardiff area who indoctrinated him in extremist views, he added. |