Abu Izzadeen

Abu Izzadeen
Born
Trevor Richard Brooks

(1975-04-18) 18 April 1975 (age 49)
Hackney, London, UK
NationalityBritish
Children3
Conviction(s)2008, guilty of incitement to terrorism
Criminal chargeBreaching the UK's Terrorism Act of 2006.

Abu Izzadeen (Arabic: أبو عز الدين, Abū ‘Izz ad-Dīn; born Trevor Richard Brooks[1] on 18 April 1975) is a British spokesman for Al Ghurabaa, a British Muslim organisation banned under the Terrorism Act 2006 for the glorification of terrorism.[2] He was convicted on charges of terrorist fund-raising and inciting terrorism overseas on 17 April 2008[3] and sentenced to four and a half years in jail. He was released in May 2009,[4] after serving three and a half years, including time on remand. In January 2016, he was sentenced to two years imprisonment for breaching the Terrorism Act by leaving the UK illegally.[5]

  1. ^ "Brooks, Trevor Richard: Mother's maiden name, Reid: Registration district, Hackney: volume/page in registry 12/1573". Transcription of England and Wales birth registrations 1837–1983. FreeBMD.org.uk. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
  2. ^ "Terror treason charge considered". BBC News. 8 August 2005. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  3. ^ "Six guilty of terrorism support". BBC News. 17 April 2008. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  4. ^ Casciani, Dominic (6 May 2009). "Radical preacher released early". BBC News. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  5. ^ "Two jailed for breaching terror laws after Hungary deportation". BBC News. 8 January 2016. Retrieved 22 March 2017.