Men in court for 'handing pro-Isis leaflets outside Topshop on Oxford Street'
The men allegedly spent two and a half hours trying to canvass Saturday shoppers
Two men have appeared in court accused of canvassing for Isis outside Topshop on Oxford Street.
Muslim convert Ibrahim Anderson, 38, and Shah Jahan Kahn, 63, set up a stall outside the London shop to drum up support amongst Saturday shoppers, a court has heard.
The Old Bailey has heard that the pair spent two and a half hours trying to engage with passers-by for the terror group, including handing out leaflets encouraging support for the so-called Caliphate, on 9 August 2014.
Prosecutor Mark Seymour said: “IS, Isis, Isil is a proscribed organisation and inviting support for a proscribed organisation is prohibited by law.
“These defendants who both played their part as members of the group which invited support for IS in Oxford Street on 9 August 2014, would have been well aware that this is what they were doing."
The court also heard that when Anderson’s home was later searched, a mini notebook computer was seized which contained information on how to travel to Syria to support jihad.
Both men deny the charges.
With additional reporting by PA