Stock image of T-shirt supporting Hamas Izz al-Din al Qassem Brigades
A man who wore a T-shirt supporting the Gaza terror group Hamas’s Izz al-Din al Qassem Brigades in Golders Green has admitted terror offences. Feras Al Jayoosi, 34, from Swindon, pleaded guilty to four counts of wearing an article supporting a proscribed organisation at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Friday.
The charges relate to him wearing T-shirts supporting the military wing of the Palestinian organisation Hamas – Hamas Izz al-Din al Qassem Brigades – and Palestine Islamic Jihad. Al Jayoosi wore the clothing in Golders Green, an area of north London with a large Jewish population, on 8th and 9th June this year.
Three of the charges relate to these occasions. The fourth charge relates to Al Jayoosi wearing the T-shirts at Barbury Castle, an Iron Age hill fort in Wiltshire, on 30th May this year.
Chief Magistrate Paul Goldspring adjourned sentencing until December 17 for reports to be prepared. He said: “These are difficult cases to sentence.There is a fine line between support for a legitimate cause and support for a proscribed organisation and you have entered your pleas on that basis”.
