Former BA IT expert admits terror charges
01.02.11
A former British Airways computer expert has pleaded guilty to offering himself for terrorist training or insurgent operations abroad and encouraging others to do the same. Rajib Karim, 31, from Newcastle upon Tyne, admitted three terrorism charges at Woolwich Crown Court yesterday.
The others included funding associates in Yemen and transferring funds for terrorist purposes, and being involved in the production and distribution of a video on behalf of the organisation Jammat-ul Mujahideen Bangladesh. The defendant, who denied several other similar charges, will return to court on today to stand trial on the remaining counts. The hearing is scheduled to start today and to last about five weeks.
Press reports at the time of his arrest in February last year at a BA call centre in Newcastle suggested that he had volunteered to train as stand in cabin crew as strike cover, and had hoped to use his time on the plane to carry out an attack. He denied getting a job at BA in order to pass on information on how to attack the airline's computer systems.
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