Terrorst who shared beheading videos faces jail

A terrorist who shared graphic images of beheadings calling for the killing of Westerners ‘by any method’ is facing years behind bars.

Ismail Kissa, 23, was arrested at Stansted Airport on 29 March when he was about to travel on a family holiday to Italy.

On his phone police found instructions on how to make bombs and horrendous film clips.

Prosecutor Kathryn Selby said earlier: ‘The defendant has been charged with 13 offences contrary to section two of the Terrorism Act [2000] and one offence contrary to section 58.

‘The 58 material relates to instructions on how to make a Molotov cocktail.

‘In relation to the section two offences these relate to disseminations that have happened both on a one to one basis in a chat group and also with a relative.’

Officers recovered videos on Kissa’s phone with captions: ‘What are you doing for your brother?’ and ‘If you were able to kill an American or European infidel…citizens of countries that have allied against the Islamic State trust in Allah and kill him by any method.’

The content is said to include beheadings and calls for the viewer to rise up and kill Westerners ‘by any method’.

Another post featured footage of the burning alive of a Jordanian pilot.

Kissa was part of a 15-strong group called ‘The Researchers’ who used the Telegram app to post extremist material.

One such post related to a ‘call to arms against the countries that have gone against IS, captioned: ‘Trust in Allah kill by any ways and any method.’

Kissa, of Trelawn Road, Leyton, east London, appeared at the Old Bailey to admit 13 counts of dissemination of a terrorist publication and one count of possessing a document containing information likely to be useful for terrorism.

Judge Sarah Munro KC ordered reports on the defendant’s dangerousness and his autism.

She said each offence would attract ‘a substantial sentence.’

Sentencing was adjourned until April 11 and Kissa was remanded in custody.