A SPEEDWELL man who shared graphic videos of ISIS beheadings and mass executions, set to hip-hop, techno and drill music, has been jailed.
Faseh Sajid (above), of Green Croft, asked for videos on messaging app Telegram before editing them and setting them to music, using a false name in an attempt to avoid being arrested.
But an investigation by officers from Counter Terrorism Policing South East led to a raid on his home, where devices containing evidence of the “extremely graphic propaganda videos” were found.
Sajid, aged 21, was found guilty of five counts of dissemination of a terrorist publication following a trial at the Old Bailey in August. A jury cleared him of a sixth identical charge.
Prison sentence
Today he was sentenced to three years and nine months in prison.
A CTPSE spokesperson said Sajid was just 18 years old when he started sharing the videos.
Its officers raided his home in November 2022 to seize electronic devices and Sajid was arrested two months later after they were found to contain “evidence of his extreme Islamist ideology”.
The spokesperson said a “vast amount of material” from Telegram was found on Sajid’s mobile phone. He used the name ‘John Ross’ on the app, “stating in one of the chats that it was to avoid him getting arrested”.
The spokesperson added: “Further investigation revealed that Sajid regularly shared material with other users on the chats and downloaded, edited, and created his own videos based on Daesh footage which he further shared.
“The videos he created contained footage of soldiers fighting, mass executions, beheadings, flag waving and celebrations carried out to the sound of hip-hop or techno music.
“On the chats, he often requested specific videos and nasheeds (songs) related to Daesh, which he used to create his own videos.”
Sajid’s trial heard that he shared a video published by Al Qaeda’s media wing which encouraged terrorism against the West.
It featured footage of the killers of soldier Lee Rigby, the 9/11 and 7/7 terror attacks and the group’s late leader Osama Bin Laden.
Police said that evidence from Telegram group chats showed Sajid had posted videos on the chat which he appeared to have edited and set to drill music, including montages of home-made bombs, shootings and beheadings.
‘Attempts to radicalise people’ with ‘hate-filled content’
Head of CTPSE Detective Chief Superintendent Olly Wright said: “Sajid shared extremely graphic propaganda videos showing battle scenes in Iraq and Syria, deceased fighters and a live execution. By doing so, he was making attempts to radicalise people who viewed this hate-filled content.
“While Sajid tried to cover his tracks, such as by attempting to Anglicize his name online, our officers carried out extensive work examining his electronic devices and uncovering his extreme Islamist ideology.
“Sajid was just 18 years old when he began spreading this extremely harmful rhetoric.
“I therefore stress how important it is that, if you are concerned about a young person, or indeed anyone who is sharing or viewing extreme material, please do report this to keep everyone safe.”
The police urged anyone with concerns about someone expressing extreme views or hatred to report them by calling 101 or the website actearly.uk.