Born: 1987;

Place of Birth: United Kingdom;

Gender: Male;

Nationality: British;

General Info:
Mohammed Uddin, a security guard from Barking, Essex, was sentenced after pleading guilty to a charge of preparing acts of terrorism at the Woolwich Crown Court.

He had worked as a security guard at a company based in Knightsbridge. Uddin lived in Ilford with his parents and family and was separated from his wife, who was pregnant with their child when he left for Syria.

He has been jailed for seven years after travelling to Syria to fight with the Islamic State – but returning because he thought it was “too cold”.

The court heard how Uddin – who called himself “Supaman” – returned because he didn’t like the cold water, the “bland food” and was “doing absolutely jack (nothing)”.

A South East Counter Terrorism Unit (Sectu) spokesman said that Uddin had travelled to Syria on November 4 2014, with the intention of joining the Islamic State (also known as Daesh) and engaging in combat.

He then crossed the border back into Turkey on December 12 2014, but was detained by authorities in Gaziantep as he did not possess any travel documents. Uddin also was in touch with a friend in Britain who had been ready to join him when police raided his home in Bedford.

On his return to the United Kingdom, on December 22 2014, he was stopped by counter terrorism officers based at Gatwick Airport. Security checks led officers to suspect he had been involved in terrorist-related activity and extremist material was uncovered in his possession.

Trip to Syria:
Less than two weeks after he left Britain, Uddin messaged his friend saying: ‘Lol bro, it’s soo easy to get in man, especially during the day, alhamdulillah, we walked in, no running bro. Don’t worry inshallah, don’t stress about getting in here. It’s p*** easy’.

He went on: ‘When u cross over, the mens maqqa (residence) is shared and tough man, especially with this weather. I wud recommend good trainers u can wear/take off.

‘Keep your thermals close buy too. Trust me, u will be thankful. I suggest u prepare urself by using cold water for everything too and be ready for stinky shared toilets, not clean lol (laughs out loud).

‘U need to get used to the cold water and no electricity. Everyday use cold water, u will probably get your first shower when u get to your mudhafa (annex). The house u stay in before the muaskar (training camp). It’s tough bro lol, A LOT of patience is required.

‘Start eating small amounts of food to get used to it, because u will be sharing your food as soon as u arrive. Bland food btw lol, inshallah it will be better when u get to mudhafa. Also u need to decide where u wana get placed. Alhamdulillah. I chose Halab (Aleppo). We’re placed in Menbej, small town, no action, just normal life alhamdulillah.’

The wannabe terrorist also complained how he could not get to the Islamic State stronghold of Raqqa as there was ‘high demand and not enough places’. He added: ‘If ur planning on going to Raqqa as a singleton FORGET it’.

In response to that, his friend inquired as to where the best place to go was, adding: ‘Esp where I can get istishadi (martyrdom) quick time…Wallah (I swear), it’s my dream.’

By this time, Uddin had grown disillusioned with life in Syria and told him: ‘I wanna get out of here now. I’ve had enuff. Lol, this isn’t the jihad or system we thought we’d like to see.’

On November 19, the man asked Uddin: ‘So wat u up 2 in Sham? Just munchin, toileting and sleeping, lol?’

To that, Uddin complained they had taken his passport and ‘electricals’ from him until he passed training. When his friend tried to reassure him, he sent a message a week later saying: ‘Still going round in circles. Had a fat argument with some planks 2 days ago. Bro trust me, here is not how u think it is. Inshallah you will see for yourself so called mujahideen.’

He did, though, boast of having fired a machine gun at two different rebel groups while on the ‘ribbath’ (front lines).

On December 12, Uddin was detained by the Turkish police close to the Syrian border without a passport. He claimed he was staying at hotels in Istanbul until December 8, when he realised he had lost his passport and was told to go to the British Embassy in Ankara.

He said he had caught a bus to Ankara with his Norwegian girlfriend but they had both fallen asleep, waking in the early hours of the morning in Gazientep, near the Syrian border.

He pleaded guilty to preparing acts of terrorism by attempting to travel to Syria under section 5(1) of the Terrorism Act 2006.