Father-of-two becomes UK's first Syria terror conviction

A British father-of-two has become the first person in the UK to be convicted of travelling to Syria to learn how to wage war.

A London court heard how Mashudur Choudhury, who was arrested last October, had openly talked about becoming a "martyr".

ITV News' Lewis Vaughan Jones reports.

A prosecutor has said that a man convicted of terror offences in Syria traveled to the country to "attend a training camp," adding that Mashudur Choudhury intended to "become a martyr". Prosecutor Alison Morgan read out a number of messages exchanged by Ifthekar Jaman and the defendant via Skype.

Jaman's participation in the fighting in Syria was widely reported in the British media. It is believed he later died there.The defendant wrote a message to suggest that the group he was travelling with should be called the "Britani brigade Bangladeshi bad boys".

The court also heard details of text messages sent between Choudhury and his wife.

In one message, she wrote: "Go die in battlefield. Go die, I really mean it just go. I'll be relieved. At last. At last."Choudhury will be sentenced on June 13.

• Father-of-two becomes UK's first Syria terror conviction

A father of two has been convicted of terrorist offences becoming the first person in the UK to face a sentence in connection with the Syria conflict. Mashudur Choudhury, 31, went to the Middle Eastern country with the intention of joining a terrorist training camp last October.

He was arrested at Gatwick Airport on his return later that month.

An official at Kingston Crown Court, south-west London, said the defendant was found guilty of engaging in conduct in preparation of terrorist acts.

During the two-week trial the court heard that Choudhury, of Stubbington Avenue, Portsmouth, travelled to Syria with four other people from his local area.