UK teacher admits Syria terror charges

A chemistry teacher accused of supporting the self-proclaimed Islamic State is facing jail in the UK after he admitted terrorism charges.

Jamshed Javeed, 30, from Levenshulme in Manchester, accepts that he intended to travel to Syria to join rebels fighting against the Assad regime.

But he insists in his basis of plea that he is not an extremist and “has never supported and does not support the aims of ISIS as now revealed and understood”.

Police claim the previously “law-abiding” married father-of-two “started to support the Isis cause” from August last year.

Javeed, who taught at Sharples High School in Bolton, admitted two counts of engaging in conduct in preparation of terrorist acts at Woolwich crown court.

The first charge states that he intended to help others to commit acts of terrorism by providing funding and purchasing equipment between July 1 2013 and March 12 this year.

The second count alleges that he made travel plans, obtained a passport and purchased equipment with the intention of committing acts of terrorism between the same dates.