6:24am UK, Tuesday September 18, 2007

A British-born Muslim student has been found guilty of a series of Islamist terrorism offences.

180 Mohammed Atif Siddique guilty of terrorism

Threatened to bomb Glasgow

Mohammed Atif Siddique, 21, provided training material on booby-trap bomb-making and threatened to become a suicide bomber.

A jury at the High Court in Glasgow took more than eight hours to convict him of possessing and distributing a range of terrorist material via websites, and providing instructional material about guns and explosives over the internet.

He had beenaccused of possessing and collecting items such as CDs and videos of weapons use and guerrilla tactics.

Siddique, from Alva, Clackmannanshire, was also accused of setting up websites with links to terrorist publications that showed how to use weapons and make bombs, and distributing terrorist publications via links on a website.

He was further accused of causing a breach of the peace at Glasgow Metropolitan College by threatening to become a suicide bomber and blow up Glasgow.

Siddique also showed images of suicide bombings and beheadings.

The offences were carried out between March 1, 2003 and April 13, 2006.

The terrorist sympathiser had denied the charges.