‘I only shared Islamic State videos because it was trendy’

A teenager who said he shared Islamic State videos and propaganda on Telegram and TikTok because it was trendy has been jailed for four and a half years. Leo Walby, 19, was arrested at his home in Swanley, Kent, where he lived with his parents by officers from the Counter Terrorism Command on 4 October 2024. Walby was referred to Prevent in 2017 when he was just 11 but the referral was closed without any engagement from him and his…