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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Jasper Jolly, Emine Sinmaz and agencies

UK barber jailed after sending Islamic State thousand of pounds from Covid grants

Kingston crown court heard Tarek Namouz had told an associate he had transferred up to £25,000 to an IS fighter after discussing purchasing bombs and firearms.
Kingston crown court heard Tarek Namouz had told an associate he had transferred up to £25,000 to an IS fighter. Photograph: Metropolitan police

A barber has been sentenced to 12 years in prison after sending thousands of pounds from taxpayer-funded coronavirus grants to the terrorist group Islamic State (IS) in Syria.

Tarek Namouz, 43, told an associate he had transferred up to £25,000 to an IS fighter after discussing purchasing bombs, Kalashnikov rifles and other firearms as part of a plot to attack the Syrian government, the court heard.

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