Man facing 'years in jail' for having bomb-making video

A BIRMINGHAM man is facing a sentence “measured in years” after being found guilty of possessing a bomb-making video explaining how to make a type of explosive previously used in terror attacks in the UK.

- MATTHEW COOPER News Reporter

Jurors at Birmingham Crown Court deliberated for under two hours before unanimously convicting Adam Mahmood of a single count of possessing a recording likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism.

A week-long trial was told the TikTok user had more than 27,000 followers and asked another user of the site to send him the instructional video via a messaging app.

Mahmood, 20, of Platt Brook Way, Sheldon, told jurors he initially watched the video on fast-forward, had then skipped over parts of the film and “didn’t really think anything of it”.

Opening the case for the Crown last week, prosecutor Sahil Sinha said a photograph of Mahmood associated with his social media account showed him wearing a balaclava and featured various weapons, including an axe and a sword.