12 April 2012
A Pakistani student who came to Britain has been jailed for six years after becoming a recruiting sergeant for Muslim extremists.
Abdul Rahman, 25, of Heywood Street, in Cheetham Hill, Manchester, is the first person in Britain to be convicted of a charge of disseminating terrorist information after he was arrested with a "call to arms" letter from a Muslim fighter.
He is also the first person to be convicted of helping another person to breach a control order by paying the airfare for a man to flee to Pakistan.
Rahman pleaded guilty at Wednesday's hearing to possessing articles for the purpose of terrorism, dissemination of terrorist propaganda and aiding or abetting the breach of a control order.
