Waltham Forest boy, 15, denies possession of ISIS mag and bomb-making video

The 15-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, appeared at a youth hearing at Westminster Magistrates Court on Saturday, February 25.

He pleaded not guilty to a string of charges relating to possession of terrorist materials, including IS publication Inspire and a bomb-making video.

The boy is now due to stand trial on April 19 at Westminster Magistrates' Court, sitting as a youth court.

He was remanded into the custody of the local authorities while living at his family address with a number of conditions, including a curfew, restricted internet access, supervision, weekly reporting to the police and a ban on international travel.

The teen is one of five young men under the age of 20 charged after raids were carried out across London last week by the Met’s Counter-Terrorism Command.

Four other teenagers, accused of planning to travel to Syria to join IS, also appeared in court on Saturday.

Two are charged with going to the gym and paintballing as training for their plans while the other two are accused of buying flights and visas to Turkey and survival equipment.

They are all also accused of having extremist material and swapping messages online discussing how to get out to the war-torn country.

One of them allegedly had a video on his phone of battles, crusades and prisoners of Daesh being executed.

Another is charged with having details about how to build a pressure cooker bomb.

A 16-year-old from Lambeth is charged with preparation of terrorist acts and a 17-year-old from Hounslow has been charged with preparation of terrorist acts and dissemination of terrorist publications.

Ahmedeltigani Alsyed, 19, of Hounslow, and a 17-year-old from Merton, are each charged with a count of preparation of terrorist acts and collection of information contrary to section 58 of the Terrorism Act 2000.

The four appeared together in the dock and were remanded in custody to appear at the Old Bailey on March 17.