Colchester man denies funding terrorism

Farhad Mohammad, 45, has appeared at the Old Bailey

Farhad Mohammad, 45, has appeared at the Old Bailey
Author: Ellie Ng, PAPublished 22nd Dec 2023

A man has pleaded not guilty to five counts of funding terrorism over a period of eight months.

Farhad Mohammad, 45, was charged with five counts of entering into an arrangement as a result of which money or other property was made available to another knowing or having reasonable course to suspect that it would or might be used for the purposes of terrorism.

The dates of the alleged offences ranged from May 3 2017 to January 10 2018.

On Friday, Mohammad, of Osborne Street in Colchester, Essex, appeared at the Old Bailey to deny the offences.

A trial has been set for April 2 next year at the same court.

Mohammad was granted continued conditional bail.

Hear all the latest news from across the UK on the hour, every hour, on Greatest Hits Radio on DAB, at greatesthitsradio.co.uk, and on the Greatest Hits Radio app.