‘ISIS propagandist’ in court

A woman sent ISIS propaganda to an undercover intelligence officer, a court heard.

Aaminah Amatullah, 38, was arrested by the West Midlands counter-terrorism unit on November 24 and appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court.

Wearing a full-body hijab and medical-grade face mask around her chin, the woman spoke to confirm her name and deny two counts of disseminating terrorist publications.

‘Last month, the defendant contacted ‘somebody who uses the name Shielding Muslims,’ said prosecutor Carl Kelvin.

‘Now we have someone who is still acting in propagating radical material the danger of which is that others become radicalised and in a minority of cases people then act.

Amatullah, of Livingstone Road, Handsworth, denies two counts of disseminating terrorist publications.

The hearing continues with the mum applying for bail this afternoon.
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