r/AskBrits • Brit 🇬🇧 • 23h ago

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An Islamic terrorist who belonged to Al-Qaeda and later Isis has been spotted shopping at King Charles’ local Co-op.

Mohammed Yaseen was free to walk the streets near Windsor Castle after he was allowed to stay in Britain on human rights grounds.

Yaseen was part of the Al Qaeda group that beheaded Briton Ken Bigley before joining a unit in Isis that carried out stonings, beheadings and mass executions.

He was released from prison last week after serving just six months of a two-year sentence for illegally entering the country on a small boat, following a near five-year prison term in Germany for his Isis membership.

The Foreign Office has raised concerns he could face ‘mistreatment’ if he were returned to Iraq because of his terrorist past, the Mail on Sunday reports.

Experts have said Yaseen could cost the taxpayer £85,000 as the Home Office pays for his stay in accomodation and his food allowance.

Chris Philp, Shadow Home Secretary, said: ‘We are paying through the nose to feed, clothe and house individuals who pose a clear threat. If Andy Burnham took this seriously, he would deport this man at once.’

A court in Germany heard in 2020 that Yaseen was involved in bomb attacks that killed US troops in Iraq.

He also served as a security guard for Isis, including during at least two mass executions where the victims included children.

Yaseen was intercepted last December by Border Force. He gave officials a false name before routine biometric checks revealed his true identity.

At his trial at Winchester Crown Court, prosecutor Steven Molloy said Yaseen had a ‘deeper and lengthy involvement in terrorism and Islamic extremist ideology’.

It is understood that Yaseen was cleared to walk around town with an ankle tag and observe a 6pm to 6am curfew.

However these restrictions did not stop him going to Windsor Great Park or to the castle.

Yaseen grew up in western Iraq and became a member of Islamic State of Iraq, a franchise of Al Qaeda, aged just 16.

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u/tvcnational 20h ago

None of those is as reputable as I'd like honestly. Even an official site to read the case or something would be fine but the spectator link is read didn't include that either.

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u/Suitable-Season-4847 20h ago edited 20h ago

https://icct.da06.qabana.nl/case/Mohammed%20Rafea%20Yaseen%20Y.?utm_source=google

This is his listing on the International Centre for Counter terrorism

I think I also found the court ruling from his German conviction, but I can't read German.

https://nrwe.justiz.nrw.de/pdfdownload/downloadEntscheidung.php?entscheidung=%2Fnrwe%2Fovgs%2Fvg_gelsenkirchen%2Fj2024%2F11_L_2066_24_Beschluss_20241218.html

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u/tvcnational 19h ago

Thanks man, that's really helpful. Cheers for taking the time

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u/Far-Cookie2275 19h ago

Both of those can show clear propaganda if a news article leans left or right it's politically motivated to set the narrative.

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u/CodBeneficial4054 19h ago

Any publication can show propoganda fella . Any written piece can be propoganda based on the writers views

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u/AccomplishedAct5364 19h ago

I declare this comment - propaganda!

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u/PowerfulAd7951 20h ago

None are reputable as you define then from a leftist prospective.

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u/Cool_Elephant_4459 20h ago

As I said the AOL link is probably the closest to middle ground opinion. At the end of the story it says he's been returned to prison for breaching terms.

If we were still in the EU that would be enough to return him to France but as we are not he's now our problem.

The way the law works is he has to commit a crime before he can be jailed and I hope he's under very close supervision and perhaps has a tag.

Sadly we have to wait until he either plans or commits acts or terror before jailing him for a very long time.