Tarek Namouz boasted privately of having sent 25,000 pounds (28,250 euros) to "a former IS fighter".
This London hairdresser was sentenced Thursday by British justice to 12 years in prison.
The sums sent came from aid to companies paid during the Covid-19 epidemic.
“May Allah destroy you;
we will meet again at the last judgment.
You are infidels and you will end up in hell,” Tarek Namouz, 43, shouted at police officers in court after his sentencing.
“Helping the Poor”
This man, who was the owner of a hairdressing salon in west London, had received financial assistance from local authorities during the Covid epidemic.
But he sent this money to Syria between November 2020 and May 2021, until his arrest on May 25, 2021.
The police managed to trace money transfers totaling 11,280 pounds (12,750 euros).
Tarek Namouz, however, told a friend during a prison visit that he had sent 25,000 pounds (28,250 euros) to a man he described as "a former IS fighter" who could buy sniper rifles for 2,500 pounds (2,825 euros).
“I never sent that money,” he said during the trial.
Tarek Namouz, on the other hand, said during the investigation that he had sent money to "help the poor and people in need in Syria".
He was also convicted of having videos on his mobile phone explaining how to make an explosive device and use knives to carry out solitary attacks.
Files downloaded from the Telegram app also contained IS propaganda.
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