Leeds, Terror Plot

Leeds mother jailed for concealing terror plot 

She failed to report son's friend planning London bombing.

Leeds, UK (Photo: Richard Wilson Photo/ Shutterstock)

Nabeela Anjum, 49, of Leeds, has been handed a three-year prison term for her failure to report that her son's friend was plotting a terror attack.

Leeds Crown Court sentenced her on Monday following her May conviction, where jurors were presented with messages demonstrating her awareness that her teenage son was communicating with Al-Arfat Hassan, a radical drill rapper who admitted to possessing chemicals for a planned terrorist act.

Anjum, employed as a biomedical scientist at St James’s Hospital, tried persuading her son Sameer, then 15, to inform the police about his friend. When Sameer refused, she neglected to report the threat to authorities herself.

Anjum had become aware that her teenage son had radicalized, espousing extremist Islamist views and consuming terrorist propaganda. She was also aware that Sameer maintained contact with a London-based individual who had acquired chemicals for bomb-making purposes.

The Jewish Chronicle contributed to this report

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