A chemistry teacher who wanted to travel to Syria to fight with Islamic State has been jailed for six years.
Jamshed Javeed, 30, who taught at a school in Bolton, admitted two counts of engaging in conduct in preparation of terrorist acts.
A teacher who was determined to fight in Syria despite desperate pleas from his family is "appalled" at the brutality shown by Islamic State, a judge has been told.
Jamshed Javeed - who is facing jail after admitting two counts of engaging in conduct in preparation of terrorist acts - said he wanted to go and support the Syrian people in late 2013 and did not then know the truth about Islamic State.
Describing his client as a "thoughtful, studious and mild-mannered" teacher, Charles Bott QC said Javeed was "deeply moved" by images of "extreme suffering" of Syrian people at the hands of the Assad regime.
"The defendant's position is that he did something that he considered right at the time in very particular circumstances that he would not contemplate doing now," he told a sentencing hearing at Woolwich Crown Court.
He said Javeed was "appalled at the indiscriminate brutality" of IS, describing a series of videos showing the murders of Western hostages as "grotesque and barbaric".
A family's desperate bid to stop a teacher joining Islamic State has been revealed in emotional recordings.
A Bolton chemistry teacher is to be sentenced today after admitting terror offences - with police claiming he wanted to join Islamic State.