Halifax teenager guilty of sharing terror materialpublished at 14:26 British Summer Time 23 October 2017
A 19-year-old woman from Halifax has pleaded guilty to sharing terrorist propaganda online.
Ammber Rafiq of Elmfield Terrace, Halifax, pleaded guilty to four offences of disseminating terrorist publications after being arrested in April.
A month earlier police had become aware that she had sent links to terrorist publications over social media in group chats and in private conversations.
She will be sentenced at Sheffield Crown Court tomorrow.
Quote MessageAmmber Rafiq had a promising future ahead of her. Instead she has shared the propaganda of Islamic State, which could then radicalise others"
Det Ch Supt Martin Snowden, Counter Terrorism Policing North East