Video shows convicted IS terror supporter in Notts shopping centre

Video: Adeel Ul Haq, wearing black hoodie with grey stripe, and companion in the Idlewells Shopping Centre

Chilling video has emerged showing a Nottinghamshire man convicted of supporting and funding Islamic State terrorists in Syria strolling around a local shopping centre.

Adeel Ul Haq, of Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, was yesterday found guilty of helping a teenager get to the middle east to join the terror group.

Video has now been released showing the 21-year-old Ul Haq inside the Idlewells Shopping Centre in Sutton in the build-up to his arrest.

The CCTV shows him covering his head with a hood while paying a visit to one store in the centre with an unidentified companion. Police say inside the outlet he transferred money to Syria.

He then strolls across to the Heron Foods grocery outlet.

Nottinghamshire Police and counter terrorism officers put him under surveillance and were later to discover the cash he sent from the Idelwells was going to IS jihadis.

He was yesterday jailed for a total of six years after being found guilty of terror offences.

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Adeel Ul Haq

There was no evidence he was involved in planning an attack in the UK, but the video shows how he lived an apparently unremarkable life from his home in Westbourne Drive in the town.

In secret he held extreme views in support of the murderous group, thought to be responsible for thousands of civilian deaths in Iraq and Syria and behind brutal terror attacks across the globe, including the November 2015 Paris attacks which killed 130 people.

He and two other men were part of a group which helped Cardiff teenager Aseel Muthana get to Syria two years ago. Muthana has not been seen since.

DCC Peter Goodman said: “Ul Haq sent money to a foreign fighter overseas and was using his own social media account to raise funds for Syria.

“Ul Haq was also in contact with the others involved in this case, offering advice in online discussions with Muthana, demonstrating knowledge about crossing borders, and armed conflict in Syria.”

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Picture: Ul Haq helped Aseel Muthana join the brutal IS group

Kristen Brekke, 19, of Pentre Street, Grangetown, Cardiff, Forhad Rahman, 21, of Cranhams Lane, Cirencester and Ul Haq were found guilty of breaching Section 5 of the Terrorism Act 2006.

Ul Haq was also convicted of entering into or becoming concerned in a terrorist funding arrangement, under Section 17 of the Terrorism Act.

Ul Haq was sentenced to five years for the Section 5 offence and a consecutive 12 months for the Section 17 offence. Rahman was jailed for five years, while Brekke was sentenced to four years and six months.