Scots Muslim convert ex-soldier threatened to kill ‘unbelievers’ days after London Bridge terror attack
Alexander Tiffin, of Invergordon, Easter Ross, sparked a terror alert with his menacing texts to fellow mosque member
A MUSLIM convert ex- soldier threatened to kill “unbelievers” days after the London Bridge attack.
Alexander Tiffin sparked a terror alert with his menacing texts to a fellow mosque member.
But after a thorough probe cops ruled Tiffin was “an idiot” rather than a terrorist, a court heard.
Prosecutor Roderick Urquhart said: “Police have not established any link between the panel and any terrorist organisation.”
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Inverness Sheriff Court was told how drunk Tiffin, 29 — who had recently visited Saudi Arabia and Turkey — sent messages to the member at the city’s mosque saying: “I decided to kill the unbelievables”, followed by a text stating “Unbelievers” and another saying “Allahu Akbar”.
The mosque-goer, aware of Tiffin’s military background and his trips to countries targeted by IS recruiters, went to the cops, Mr Urquhart added.
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Tiffin, of Invergordon, Easter Ross, admitted behaving in a threatening manner on June 8, five days after in the English capital.
Sentence was deferred until next month and Tiffin, was bailed.
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