An alleged far-right extremist has been
charged with 12 terror offences, including encouraging attacks. Andrew Dymock,
22, was arrested at his home in Bath on Wednesday morning. The operation
followed “a pre-planned, intelligence-led investigation into suspected
right-wing terrorism online,” Counter Terrorism Policing North East said.
Mr Dymock has been charged with five counts
of encouraging terrorism, four counts of disseminating terrorist publications,
two counts of terrorist fundraising and one of possessing material useful to
terrorists. He was due to appear before Westminster Magistrates Court on
Thursday. His arrest came as new figures showed the number of people arrested
for terror-related activity has fallen by 20 per cent in a year.
A total of 259 people were detained in the
year to September, and only 88 arrests resulted in a charge. A further 14 (5
per cent) received a caution, were recalled to prison or handed over to
immigration authorities and 60 suspects (23 per cent) were released without
charge.
More than a third of those arrested were released
on bail or under investigation – meaning they were not subjected to any
restrictions while enquiries into the offences continued.
During the same period 53 terror offenders
were released from prison, including one who had received a life sentence and
one on an indeterminate sentence for public protection. Overall, 353 terror
criminals and suspects have been released from prison between June 2012 and the
same period in 2019, of which 245 were convicted. As of 30 September, 224
terrorist prisoners remained in custody, with 77 per cent categorised as
Islamists and 17 per cent extreme right-wing.
The figures were released days after
convicted terrorist Usman Khan killed two people in a terror attack in London.
The 28-year-old had been jailed in 2012 for his part in a plot to bomb targets
including the London Stock Exchange, and was released automatically without a
Parole Board hearing last year. Officials said he had taken part in
deradicalisation programmes in jail.
Khan, who was armed with two knives and
wearing a fake suicide vest when he launched the attack at a prisoner
rehabilitation event at Fishmongers’ Hall last Friday afternoon, was tackled by
members of the public, including ex-offenders from the conference, before being
shot dead by police. At the time of the attack, he was being monitored by MI5,
police and probation authorities, and restricted by a series of licence
conditions.
Before being jailed, he had been part of
Anjem Choudary’s al-Muhajiroun Islamist network and was trying to set up a
terrorist training camp in Pakistan. The government has launched an urgent
review of serving prisoners at risk of radicalisation, as well as convicted
offenders including Choudary who have recently been freed on licence. Police,
security services and probation teams are examining the files of about 200
known extremists, with some reportedly facing bans from large towns and cities.
Sumber: Independent – 9 Disember 2019
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