Walsall terror trial: Islamic State flag found in home of man who 'helped couple travel to Syria to join ISIS' via Birmingham airport
This is the moment a man accused of helping two friends travel to Syria to fight for Islamic State was caught on camera dropping them off in his car at Birmingham Airport, a terrorism trial was told.
CCTV images showing a car registered to Ayman Shaukat arriving at the airport were shown to the jury at the Old Bailey today.
Images of the friends he is alleged to have helped travel to Syria, Alex Nash, 22 and his wife Yousma Jan, 20, inside the terminal and going through security were also shown.
The jury was also shown a picture of an Islamic State flag found on the wall of Shaukat's bedroom at his Pargeter Street home.
An Isis propaganda video on a mobile phone and extremist Islamic books were discovered by police at the home of Shaukat, the trial heard.
Officers also seized video footage from inside a damaged mosque narrated by a man with a 'Midlands accent' on a laptop.
Officers from West Midlands Counter Terrorism Unit carried out two searches of the house on November 11, 2014, and June 9 last year.
Det Con Mark Sheehan told the court today that Syrian banknotes and a constitution for a group called Islam Walsall were recovered after a search of a Ford Mondeo registered to Shaukat.
"There were Syrian banknotes kept in storage in a compartment under the steering wheel and in the boot there was a folder containing documents for Islam Walsall," he said.
Nash, of Bentley Road, Walsall, has admitted he was going to Syria and has pleaded guilty to preparing acts of terrorism.
Jurors were then shown a video retrieved from a mobile phone found in a laundry basket opposite Shaukat's bedroom.
The two-minute clip featured a hooded Islamic State fighter carrying the Islamic State flag with Arabic chanting.
"The video was a produced by the media wing of Islamic State, Al Furqaan Media, depicting Isis fighters addressing the camera directly and training with weapons and also showing a convoy of ISIS vehicles," Mr Julian Christopher QC, prosecuting, said.
"The video is filmed by a male speaking in a Midlands accent who states he is in Masjid (mosque) near to Idlib city," Mr Christopher added.
"He can be heard to say 'we have to be careful there's a lot of snipers there'," he said.
In a bedroom shared by Shaukat's brothers police found a hard drive containing e-books with the titles '39 ways to serve and participate in Jihad' and '44 ways to support Jihad'.
An image of an Islamic State 'passport' was also found on another device, the jury of eight women and four men was told.
Coventry University law graduate Shaukat worked for Equity in Finance Ltd, which has a registered address at Hilton Hall in Essington.
He denies two counts of preparing for terrorist acts in relation to helping Nash and Sajid Aslam, 34, from Glebe Street, Walsall, as well as possession of information contrary to the Terrorism Act 2000.
Aslam's Muslim convert wife Lorna Moore, also of Glebe Street, is also on trial and denies failing to disclose information about acts of terrorism on or before August 24, 2014, that might be of assistance in securing the apprehension of Aslam.
The court heard how Aslam, Jacob Petty, also known as Abu Yaqood Britany, and Isaiah Siadatan all left Walsall to join ISIS between July and December 2014. Petty is now believed to have been killed in Syria.
Siadatan's wife Kerry Thomason, 24, has admitted assisting her husband in preparation of acts of terrorism.
The Old Bailey heard that Moore is accused of trying to take her three children from Walsall to Syria. It heard she had booked air tickets via the Mediterranean tourist resort of Palma, Majorca.
The trial continues.
