Mark Dennis

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Muhammad Yamin was filmed In Syria by a documentary film crew for Vice News

A British student was to identify in prison for al-Qaeda membership After the Police uses voice recognition to him, as a Masked Man with a combative speech, In Syria , in a video on YouTube in 2013.

Mohammed Yamin, 26, from East London , had long returned from The Conflict and the resumption of normal life.

But After he was discovered to be suspicious in Whitehall in June 2017, detectives made The Connection .

At the Old Bailey, Yamin was sentenced to 10 years and six months in prison.

His face was hidden behind a mask in the Syria-film material that was originally recorded for a documentary by Vice News, and then regarded, by almost a million people.

stopped, But when the Police and questioned him in Whitehall, and four years later, took The Encounter , body-worn cameras and this was later checked with both facial and voice recognition technology.

judge Mark Dennis QC, who was incarcerated, Yamin, said the Syria footage showed it had held "entrenched extremist views and fully supports the use of violence".

He added that Yamin had pursued a "law-abiding life" since returning to the UK, and extremism to be rejected.

In June 2017 - a period of increased security After several terrorist attacks - the Police were alerted to A Man acting suspiciously behind the "women in war" - a monument to Whitehall.

Yamin, which was already recorded in the filming of the milestone on his cell phone, by the body-worn cameras of the responding officers, say his name and his address, But first of all, wrong answers to simple questions.

he said he was behind the monument, because he wanted to "in the shadows" and asked the officers about their weapons.

Yamin seen in an image provided by the Met Police

It was only later that the detectives were able to make a connection between The Incident and the Deputy-the video showed a masked Yamin in the Idlib region of Syria with a group of men, the faithful had sworn to al-Qaeda.

to see In the unedited video he is holding a rifle and a speech to the camera is aimed at the "people in Britain", in which he refers to "the Islam and The Caliphate " and says: "Our task as al-Qaeda, we just want to bring back, and I know that there is no dialogue, the fit enough to do this peacefully, so we have to fight".

Earlier this year, Yamin an engineering course at City University, London, traveling to Syria had to be abandoned.

He was briefly a transport with humanitarian aid before returning to the UK, draining his Bank accounts, purchase of combat equipment and made His Way back over the Turkey .

Yamin was the show filmed with a group of militants In Syria

the WhatsApp messages from the time, Yamin, tell the members of the family, he did charitable work, to say with a message: "I've seen death in his face, and I'm After him here in The Land of Syria".

In may 2014, Yamin was arrested at Heathrow Airport , having arrived on a flight from Athens to deliver on suspicion of travelling to Syria, the clothes to another man involved in terrorist activities, But he was later released.

He then back to his studies, completing a degree in civil engineering and finally enrolling in a degree program.

But , After his arrest this year, he pleaded guilty to belonging to a banned organization and preparation of terrorist acts, with the last charge regarding The Steps he took to reach Syria.

A charge of possession of a weapon for terrorist purposes was left to lie on file.

'Deeply remorseful'

The Prosecutor said there had been No Other evidence Yamin actions between October 2013 and his return to the UK in may 2014.

defender Hossein Zahir QC said during the sentencing that his client was deaf in one ear, effectively blind in one eye, and "completely rejected his previous way of thinking".

He said Yamin was "deeply remorseful and struggling with what he did".

His case, The Challenge for the investigator shows the evidence that people traveled to Syria participated in terrorist activities. Were it not for the footage on Youtube, it is unlikely, Yamin would ever have been charged.

The government has said that More Than 900 people relate to the "National Security ", joined The Conflict In Syria , and that of these, about 40%, went back to England, of which around 40 were charged with criminal offences.

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Source of news: bbc.com