Birmingham man jailed for terror offences
The terror material was found when police examined the files and he was arrested for terrorism offences on May 14 2007 and charged four days later. Police said among the material was terrorist propaganda and training manuals.
On a mobile phone officers found footage of West Midlands Police’s Lloyd House headquarters, on Colmore Circus in Birmingham city centre. Police believe it was a reconnaissance video.
Jobe was sentenced yesterday after admitting four counts of possessing a document or record containing information likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism contrary to Section 58 (1)(b) of the Terrorism Act 2000.
Earlier this month, outgoing West Midlands Chief Constable Sir Paul Scott-Lee warned that the threat from terrorism could remain for another decade
But Sir Paul said the community was working together alongside the dedicated Counter Terrorism hub to defeat the tiny minority intent on wreaking havoc.
“The threat of international terrorism has not diminished at all in recent years, it is still there and we have to be vigilant,” he said.
“I would rather be in the West Midlands at this time of threat than anywhere else in the country because our communities have a history of living and working together.”
