Council binman pleads guilty to string of terror offences

A COUNCIL binman has pleaded guilty to a string of terror offences.

Aabid Ali, also known as Darren Glennon before he converted to Islam, was found in possession of two terror manuals, one believed to be from Osama bin Laden’s terror group, alQaeda.

Married Ali, 49, from Yale Park, Wrexham, also published a statement on YouTube encouraging others to take up jihad and terrorism.

He worked as a council refuse collector before he was raided by counter-terror police last autumn after he became radicalised.

Yesterday he pleaded guilty at Manchester Crown Court to three offences under anti-terror legislation.

Ali, who has a shaved head and a ginger beard, appeared in court via a video link from HMP Chelmsford. He will be sentenced on April 24 by the Honorary Recorder of Manchester Judge David Stockdale.

The defendant spoke only to confirm his name and enter his guilty pleas. He admitted that on October 25 last year he had an electronic document, Inspire 13 – believed to be an online publication by Osama bin Laden’s terror group, al-Qaeda, which included instructions on how to make explosives.

Ali was also found to have a copy of another document, titled Palestine: Betrayal of a Guilty Conscience, which again showed how to make bombs.

Counter-terror police also found he had posted a comment on YouTube, on or before November 10 last year, intended to directly encourage others to commit, prepare or instigate acts of terrorism.