Britain’s youngest terrorist, who was convicted of conspiring to behead a policeman at age 14, is expected to be released back to the streets in lifetime anonymity after serving just five years in custody.
The terrorist is one of the few child criminals in Britain to have lifelong anonymity, which means that after his release, the public will not be aware that a terrorist is living among them.
A Conditional Freedom Council hearing for the convicted terrorist – referred to only as ‘RXG’ – will be held next week, and it is “highly likely” that he will be released under license, The mirror reports.
‘RXG’ was sentenced to life in prison with a minimum of five years’ imprisonment at Manchester Crown Court in 2015, after pleading guilty to inciting terrorism abroad.
The court heard that he convinced Sevdet Besim, 18, to commit mass murder and behead a police officer in Melbourne, Australia, during an Anzac Day, an Australian equivalent of Memorial Sunday or Veterans Day.
The two terrorists would “most likely” have been successful if the British police had not discovered the conspiracy and alerted Australian authorities.
When the police raided the teenager’s home, they discovered a bomb-making guide, a combat knife and an Islamic State support flag.
Police said that in addition to the plot in Australia, ‘RXG’ planned to target a police station and city hall in the United Kingdom.
More than 100 convicted terrorists ready for early release in the UK https://t.co/G6T4kFAxOJ
– Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) November 9, 2020
During a hearing on whether to keep the terrorist’s identity anonymous, Mr. Justice Saunders argued that there was a danger that ‘RXG’ would be glorified by certain sectors of society if his identity were revealed.
“This glorification is more likely to be effective if he is identified and more likely to encourage others to do what he did,” said Judge Saunders.
In response to the decision to allow the terrorist to remain anonymous, a researcher from the Henry Jackson Society’s anti-extremism study group, Dr. Paul Stott, said: “The 2019 decision to grant lifetime anonymity to a teenage terrorist, despite objections from the media, it was a remarkable decision. “
“The public will be disturbed that a young man deemed dangerous enough to be sentenced to life in prison in 2015 could be considered for release in April 2020,” added Scott.
“The attack on London Bridge and Sudesh Amman’s in Streatham proved that we cannot rule out freed terrorists who are in frenzy again,” he warned, adding, “The interests and concerns of the general public must come first.
In February, the government passed the bill on offending terrorists (restriction on early release), which extended the minimum sentence for terrorists to at least two-thirds of the given sentence, rather than the standard middle ground required for most criminals.
United Kingdom: Streatham Knifeman named Sudesh Amman, was a convicted terrorist released from prison earlier https://t.co/LMCFUgDq8y
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