Catalogue of terror on a PC pendrive; MUM HID MEMORY STICK IN BURKA.Byline: CHARLIE MCCATHIE A MOTHER of six was sentenced to two years in prison yesterday after admitting concealing "a mini encyclopaedia of weapons making" in the sleeve of her burka. Houria Chahed Chentouf, 41, from Manchester, pleaded guilty to two offences of possessing documents likely to be useful for a terrorist. But she walked free from Manchester Crown Court after serving her time on remand To send back. A higher court may remand a case to a lower court so that the lower court will take a certain action ordered by the higher court. A prisoner who is remanded into custody is sent back to prison subsequent to a Preliminary Hearing before a tribunal or magistrate following her arrest. The court heard the Moroccan accidentally dropped a pen drive containing terror-related documents while she was being interviewed by officers at Liverpool's John Lennon Noun 1. John Lennon - English rock star and guitarist and songwriter who with Paul McCartney wrote most of the music for the Beatles (1940-1980) Lennon Airport on October 16 last year. It had been tied to the inner sleeve of her burka, but fell out as she reached down to scratch her leg, prosecutor Simon Denison told the court. Chentouf was released but arrested the following day at a house she was renting in Reynell Road, Longsight, Manchester. She was charged under the Terrorism Act The Terrorism Act may refer to legislation in various countries: South Africa
The computer memory stick contained more than 7,000 files, including an explosives manual for the "Brothers of the Mujahadeen". It was described by police as "a mini encyclopedia of weapons making". Another document contained information about the military use of electronics, the court heard. Officers said the documents, some of which ran to 900 pages, would have been enough to fill two floors of the Marks & Spencer store in Manchester. Evidence was also uncovered from internet chatroom sites which indicated her support for those seeking martyrdom Martyrdom See also Sacrifice. Agatha, St. tortured for resisting advances of Quintianus. [Christian Hagiog.: Daniel, 21] Alban, St. traditionally, first British martyr. [Christian Hagiog: NCE, 49] Andrew, St. . Judge Michael Henshell told the defendant she had "developed an obsessive interest in Jihad jihad: see Islam. jihad In Islam, the central doctrine that calls on believers to combat the enemies of their religion. According to the Qur'an and the Hadith, jihad is a duty that may be fulfilled in four ways: by the heart, the tongue, the hand, and the more extreme forms of Islam''. "Offences of this sort must be sentenced to immediate custody to deter others from behaving as you have," he said. A "huge amount" of material was found on the pen drive but he told her there was "no evidence you intended to pass it on to anybody". "The Crown accept there was no intention of putting it into practical use," he said. The court heard that Chentouf suffers from a mental illness, triggered by the death of a family member, and has previously selfharmed. Her behaviour may have been affected by this and her culpability culpability (See: culpable) was at the lower end of the scale for this offence, the judge added. Chentouf, wearing a full burka, did not react to the sentencing. Detective Chief Superintendent Chief Superintendent is a senior rank in police forces organised on the British model. United Kingdom In the British police, a Chief Superintendent (Ch Supt; or colloquially "Chief Super") is senior to a Superintendent and junior to an Assistant Chief Constable (or a Tony Porter Tony Porter (b. 1952, Buckinghamshire) is the Bishop of Sherwood (part of the Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham). He was consecrated on the 21 March 2006 in York Minster by the Archbishop of York, John Sentamu. , of the North West Counter Terrorism Unit, said they might never know what Chentouf intended to do with the material. "This woman elected not to give us the reason why she had the material but possessing it constitutes a serious offence," he said. CAPTION(S): Images from a document containing information about the military use of electronics, found on memory stick belonging to Houria Chahed Chentouf, centre |
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