19Jun17 Darren Osborne drives into Finsbury Park mosque crew

[Whitehall_Bin_Men]

Finsbury Park Mosque: Abu Hamza & Haroon Aswat's base, controlled by MI5, from which 7/7 attacks were coordinated
https://t.co/mjwpus92ad

At Finsbury Park mosque where a man has died after a van was driven into crowd of worshippers after Ramadan prayers
Attacker tried to flee on foot but ran down a dead-end street, forcing him to run back towards crowd of people he had just attacked

Replying to @BenKentish
Witnesses say attacker was smiling, laughing and blowing kisses as he was arrested. He was tackled to the ground by those he was attacking.

"It's a part of the street where people gather to chat after prayers so it was pre-meditated. He knew what he was doing" says witness Abdul

Ben Kentish @BenKentish
Witness says attacker was "completely desensitised". When held down he said "you can kill me, I've done my job..I came here to kill Muslims"

[Whitehall_Bin_Men]

People who weren't even there are going on TV and making things up", one angry witness told me. Adamant only one attacker and no knives.
https://mobile.twitter.com/BenKentish/status/876754289078743040

[moeen yaseen]

THERESA MAY AND THE FINSBURY PARK MOSQUE RAMADAN TERROR ATTACK

ONCE AGAIN, THE UK GOVERNMENT LOOKS TO EXPLOIT HORRIFIC CRIMES FOR POLITICAL ENDS


Whilst our thoughts and prayers are with the individuals and the families who were victims to the horrific events at Finsbury Park, Hizb ut-Tahrir in Britain would like to make some important points in the immediate aftermath:

1. Theresa May’s address this morning further proves how successive British governments have politicised the criminal justice system for their own end. Whilst many Muslims rightly called out the hypocrisy and double standard of initial coverage of the breaking news, the point they were making has been used by the government for their own political and ideological ends.

By attaching the ‘terror’ narrative as usually happens with crimes done by Muslim suspects (though not using the same degree of force and propaganda), the government intervenes with policies that only further harm the Muslim community and wider society. She has manipulated this incident to announce she will press on with her counter-extremism commission – which sounds like ‘Prevent-version-3’ – to enforce what she called ‘British values’ – as well as clamping down on internet providers.

2. Whilst Mrs May might have said that “hatred and evil of this kind will never succeed” the reality is that this killer was not created in a vacuum. The Prevent and Counter Terrorism agenda has created a culture where hatred against Islam has become common, and is now taking a more violent form. Unlike what’s falsely attributed to Islam, there is a direct correlation between the political narrative of the Government pushed by the media and the violence against Muslims. It is our view that this government fuelled propaganda against Islam, has been aimed at demonising Islam in the public eye to justify policies in the Muslim world to prevent Islamic revival – and to try to make Muslims in Britain fearful, so they are less outspoken about government policy, give up their Islamic values and adopt ‘British values’ instead.

It is ironic that whenever such attacks happen, politicians say to the general public that they should not ‘change their way of life’, whilst telling the Muslim community ‘they must change their way of life’!

3. It is evident that the secular system is failing people time and time again, including the inability to harmonise different cultures and creeds, and the failure to meet the basic needs of man, as basic as safe and secure housing, as we saw in the Grenfell Tower. Child poverty is booming, and economic uncertainty due to the brexit fiasco growing to name just a few. Whilst on the other hand the elite continue to serve their own interests, creating death and destruction across the globe. We ask you to reflect upon this point and question the validity of secularism’s ability to govern mankind.

4. The response of the Muslim community should be seen in this context and firmly governed by our Islamic beliefs.

Muslims are experiencing testing times in Britain. But it is vital that they remain strong and proud of their Islamic identity and hold fast to their way of life and values. We should understand and expose the plans made against Islam in Britain and across the world. We should live Islam in every aspect of our life. There is no contradiction between calling for the revival of Islam in the Muslim world and inviting people to Islam in communities. The Islam that encourages the accounting of political leaders is the same that calls Muslims to be good and kind to neighbours.
We must continue to present Islam to communities in this very difficult climate. Britain, like the rest of the world is in a mess – and it is a mess in a secular world, under capitalist rules. So the solution to this systemic problem lies in our Islamic way of life, and we can offer ideas that present an alternative to the disastrous system affecting everyone.

We must trust in Allah and fear Allah alone. The lessons of the Quran and Sunnah are testimony that help, and victory comes after Believers are steadfast upon their deen when tested.

فَإِنَّ مَعَ الْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا إِنَّ مَعَ الْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا

“For indeed, with hardship will be ease. Indeed, with hardship will be ease” [Ash-Sharh 94:5-6]


CMF Statement


We awoke this morning to news of another hate motivated attack on innocent people.

While details are still emerging, reliable media have reported that a van driven by a white male individual deliberately ploughed into a group of Muslims outside the Muslim Welfare House near the Finsbury Park Mosque. The driver was captured by the Muslim group and passed into police custody. He is reported to have said that he wished to kill all Muslims.
This attack is yet another example of how hatred can divide our society if we let it.

The Conservative Muslim Forum will continue to direct our efforts to building a society where people of all faiths and none can live and prosper in peace and harmony.

We have also reproduced on our website (and below) the full text of the Prime Minister's statement in Downing Street this morning which we welcome.

This morning, our country woke to news of another terrorist attack on the streets of our capital city: the second this month and every bit as sickening as those which have come before.

It was an attack that once again targeted the ordinary and the innocent going about their daily lives – this time British Muslims as they left a mosque having broken their fast and prayed together at this sacred time of year.

Today we come together - as we have done before – to condemn this act and to state once again that hatred and evil of this kind will never succeed.

The government’s Emergency Committee, COBRA, has just met and I can set out what we know about what happened, and the steps that we are taking to respond.

Just after twenty-past midnight, the Metropolitan Police received reports that a van had been driven into a crowd of people on Seven Sisters Road in Finsbury Park.

Officers were in the immediate vicinity as the attack unfolded and responded within one minute.

Police declared it a terrorist incident within 8 minutes.
One man was pronounced dead at the scene; 8 injured were taken to 3 separate hospitals; while 2 were treated at the scene for more minor injuries.

The driver of the van - a white man aged 48 - was bravely detained by members of the public at the scene and then arrested by police.

The early assessment by the police is that the attacker acted alone.
Our thoughts and prayers this morning are with the family and friends of the man who died and those who were injured.

On behalf of the people of London – and the whole country – I want to thank the police and the emergency services once again for responding as they always do with great professionalism and courage.

Extra police resources have already been deployed to reassure communities, and the police will continue to assess the security needs of Mosques and provide any additional resources needed, especially during this final week before Eid Al-Fitr, a particularly important time for the whole Muslim community.

This was an attack on Muslims near their place of worship. And like all terrorism, in whatever form, it shares the same fundamental goal.
It seeks to drive us apart; and to break the precious bonds of solidarity and citizenship that we share in this country.

We will not let this happen.
When I stood here for the first time as Prime Minister last summer I spoke about our precious belief in the Union – not just the bond between the four nations of the United Kingdom – but the bond between all our citizens, every one of us, whoever we are and wherever we are from.

At the heart of that bond is a belief in the fundamental freedoms and liberties that we all cherish; the freedom of speech; the freedom to live how we choose and yes, the freedom to practice religion in peace.
This morning we have seen a sickening attempt to destroy those freedoms; and to break those bonds of citizenship that define our United Kingdom.

It is a reminder that terrorism, extremism and hatred take many forms; and our determination to tackle them must be the same whoever is responsible.

As I said here two weeks ago, there has been far too much tolerance of extremism in our country over many years – and that means extremism of any kind, including Islamophobia.

That is why this government will act to stamp out extremist and hateful ideology – both across society and on the internet, so it is denied a safe space to grow.

It is why we will be reviewing our Counter-Terrorism strategy and ensuring that police and security services have the powers they need.
And it is why we will establish a new Commission for Countering Extremism as a statutory body to help fight hatred and extremism in the same way as we have fought racism – because this extremism is every bit as insidious and destructive to our values and our way of life and we will stop at nothing to defeat it.

Today’s attack falls at a difficult time in the life of this city, following on from the attack on London Bridge 2 weeks ago – and of course the unimaginable tragedy of Grenfell Tower last week, on which I will chair another meeting of Ministers and officials later today.

But what we have seen throughout – whether in the heroism of the ordinary citizens who fought off the attackers at London Bridge; the unbreakable resolve of the residents in Kensington; or this morning the spirit of the community that apprehended this attacker – is that this is an extraordinary city of extraordinary people.

It is home to a multitude of communities that together make London one of the greatest cities on earth.

Diverse, welcoming, vibrant, compassionate, confident and determined never to give in to hate.

These are the values that define this city.
These are the values that define this country.
These are the values that this government will uphold.
These are the values that will prevail.

END OF PRIME MINISTER'S STATEMENT

Mohammed Amin MBE FRSA
Chairman, Conservative Muslim Forum
The Conservative Muslim Forum is a wholly affiliated voluntary organization of the Conservative Party and all of its members are members of the Conservative Party.


POSTSCRIPT
All Truth seekers are alerted that these domestic high profile events involving Muslims as victims or perpetrators can not be viewed in isolation from British foreign policy in the Middle East indeed they can only be understood from
an interconnected holistic perspective.

[Whitehall_Bin_Men]

Police identify Finsbury Park Mosque attacker Darren Osborne much quicker than Butt/Abedi/Kureshi.
Since Osborne had no known links to MI5
www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/finsbury-park-mosque-attack-sister-of-su spect-darren-osborne-says-i-am-very-sorry-for-whats-happened-a3568491. html

[Whitehall_Bin_Men]

Son of van hire owner arrested over ‘It’s a shame they don’t hire out tanks’ post
http://metro.co.uk/2017/06/20/son-of-van-hire-owner-arrested-over-its- a-shame-they-dont-hire-out-tanks-post-6723309/

meanwhile
Finsbury Mosque Terror: What They're NOT Telling You
Infowars hate preacher Paul Joseph Watson justifying far right terror attacks

Link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rb99RVT6afI

[TonyGosling]

No mention of this far right terror attack on this week's BBC Question Time

[TonyGosling]

He saw the Right wing coverage of this March the day before the attack

Finsbury Park attack suspect named as Cardiff resident Darren Osborne
Man arrested over van attack near mosque is married father of four who recently voiced hatred of Muslims
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/jun/19/finsbury-park-attack-s uspect-named-as-cardiff-resident-darren-osborne


MARCHERS IN ANNUAL AL-QUDS DAY PARADE BLAME APARTMENT FIRE ON 'ZIONISTS'
Controversial Al Quds Day Protest Comes To London
http://appsforpcdaily.com/2017/06/marchers-in-annual-al-quds-day-parad e-blame-apartment-fire/
20 June, 2017

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, had been urged to cancel the march out of concerns that the march displayed images of anti-Semitism and terrorism.

Hundreds of pro-Palestinian demonstrators took to the streets of London on Sunday to mark the annual Al Quds Day.

The petition stated, "After the awful recent terrorist events in Manchester and London, this display of extremism has no place on the streets of the United Kingdom". "The mayor does not have the power to ban a march in London". Despite both wings sharing the same flag - featuring a rifle - a disclaimer was pinned to the yellow flags suggesting they were "in support of the political wing". "This is because the political wing of Hezbollah is not a proscribed organization". The European Union, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and Australia have proscribed Hezbollah's military wing as a terrorist organisation, while making a distinction with Hezbollah's political wing. "Free, Free, Palestine!" one man shouted into a microphone during the march, according to the Jewish Chronicle. Waving Palestinian flags and shouting cries of "end the occupation" and "Boycott Israel", the participants came out to express their rage at the Jewish state's treatment of the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza.

Jewish and pro-Israel groups organized a counter-demonstration, and a significant police presence ensured the sides were kept apart.

Wilson told the crowd, "It is a racist slur to say that all Muslims are terrorists".

The occupied Palestinian territories have seen tensions ever since Israel introduced restrictions on the entry of Palestinian worshipers into the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in East Jerusalem al-Quds in August 2015.

Al Quds Day has its origins in anti-Zionism and through the years, the parade through London has become increasingly hostile, with its supporters overtly proclaiming their support for terrorist organisations and calling for the destruction of Israel.

[TonyGosling]

Finsbury Park suspect ‘made abusive remarks about Palestinian march’
Darren Osborne allegedly used aggressive language about al-Quds Day march before mosque attack in London
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/jun/20/finsbury-park-suspect- hired-van-days-before-driving-london-darren-osborne

Steven Morris and Ian Cobain
Tuesday 20 June 2017 19.17 BST First published on Tuesday 20 June 2017 14.32 BST
The suspect in the Finsbury Park mosque attack allegedly made abusive and aggressive comments about a pro-Palestinian rally that took place in London hours before he drove into a crowd of worshippers.

Darren Osborne is said to have made the remarks about the al-Quds Day march, which is often targeted by far-right activists, the night before he drove from Cardiff to London.

Police are using CCTV cameras and automatic numberplate recognition technology to track Osborne’s movements from Cardiff to London.

They will be able to work out if he was at or near the al-Quds rally, which is organised by the Islamic Human Rights Commission (IHRC) and took place on Sunday afternoon in Westminster, before he headed north-east to Finsbury Park.

Darren Osborne.
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Darren Osborne. Photograph: Facebook
It is also now believed that Osborne, 47, hired the van used in the attack several days before leaving for London and slept in it the night before he departed.

Police in south Wales have confirmed they found the father of four sleeping in the van after a neighbour phoned them. They judged that no offence had been committed and took no action.

Further details have emerged of Osborne’s erratic behaviour in the days and weeks before the attack. Some neighbours said that though he visited the family home in Pentwyn, Cardiff, where his partner and four children lived, he did not stay overnight. He sometimes slept in a tent nearby, they claimed.

According to witnesses at Finsbury Park, Osborne shouted: “I want to kill all Muslims” as he drove a van into a crowd of worshippers in the early hours of Monday morning. One person has died and 11 were injured. Osborne was arrested on suspicion of commission, preparation or instigation of terrorism including murder and attempted murder.

Camera phone footage showed him being captured by worshippers, who attacked him as he screamed: “Kill me.” When he was eventually arrested and loaded into the back of a police van in handcuffs, he gestured to the crowd.

There is no immediate evidence that Osborne was an active member of a far-right organisation. He was not known to the security services, according to Ben Wallace, the security minister.

But police are continuing to search the family home and investigate his use of computers. Detectives have been granted a warrant to hold Osborne until 12.54am on Saturday 24 June.

Osborne appears to have a Twitter account, which he has never used to send his own tweets, instead monitoring 32 other users, including Paul Golding and Jayda Fransen, the leaders of the far-right party Britain First. Its mission statement says: “We will restore Christianity as the bedrock and foundation of our national life as it has been for the last one thousand years.” Golding declined to comment.

It is thought Osborne hired the van from a company in south Wales towards the end of last week.

Two PCSOs stand outside a property during a search of a house in Pentwyn.
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Two PCSOs stand outside a property during a search of a house in Pentwyn. Photograph: Matthew Horwood/Getty Images
One neighbour said he had seen the van parked on a road near the family home from Thursday or Friday last week. He said: “Darren used to park his old cars here because there’s not much space on his street. Then this van appeared. As soon as I saw what happened in Finsbury Park I recognised the van.”

Mary Corke, whose home looks on to the road, said she had seen the van appear three or four days before the attack. “I looked out one time and he was in the van on the phone. Next morning the van had gone,” she said.

Osborne’s neighbour Edward Gardiner said he saw a man sleeping in a van matching the description of the one used in the Finsbury Park attack late on Saturday night. Gardiner said: “I saw a van with this man lying across the three seats. I went to give him a shake. He just grunted, but his breath smelled of alcohol. I reported it to the police.”

A South Wales police spokesman said: “At 12.27am on Sunday 18 June South Wales police responded to a call made to the non-emergency 101 number following a report of an insecure van parked on a street.

“Officers attended, a male was asleep inside the vehicle, which showed no signs of having been driven recently. The officers’ assessment was that no offences were disclosed.”

Neighbours in Pentwyn said that over the weekend, Osborne had called a 12-year-old Muslim neighbour an “inbred”.

Police search the home of Darren Osborne.
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Police search the home of Darren Osborne. Photograph: Matthew Horwood/Getty Images
On Saturday night, Osborne was in the Hollybush pub near his home complaining about Muslims – and specifically about the al-Quds march.

The pub manager, Andy Parker, said: “The gentleman came in and was very political with everyone he spoke to. I did not like one bit of it so asked him to leave. But he was pretty surly so the boys stood in and told him in no uncertain terms to go.”

A well-placed source alleged to the Guardian that Osborne had specifically spoken about the rally.

The far-right English Defence League has targeted pro-Palestinian demonstrators during previous al-Quds rallies. The IHRC, which organises the march, said that before this year’s event it had been made aware of social media postings threatening violence, including one individual who threatened to drive a van into the march. There is no suggestion this was Osborne.

Before the march the organisers put out a statement saying the event would go ahead regardless. It said: “Despite the misinformation and lies currently being put out and the demonisation of the event that is taking place, the annual al-Quds Day march will still be going ahead.” They also flagged up concerns to the Metropolitan police. An IHRC spokesman said on Tuesday there had been tension but no major incident.

Osborne was brought up in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, where members of his family still live.

In a statement his family said he had been “troubled for a long time”. It added: “We are massively shocked. It’s unbelievable. It still hasn’t really sunk in. We are devastated for the families. Our hearts go out to the people who have been injured.”

[outsider]

'Finsbury Park Cover-Up? PM May says ‘Lone Wolf’ – But 4 separate witnesses say THREE men were in attack van':
http://21stcenturywire.com/2017/06/19/finsbury-park-cover-up-pm-may-sa ys-lone-wolf-but-4-separate-witnesses-say-three-men-were-in-attack-van  /

Police say one attacker, witnesses say three men in car. Something fishy going on, by the look of it.

London - Finsbury Park Mosque - Van drives into crowd (Sky Breaking News) June, 19. 2017

Link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_QGuDqcrI8

[TonyGosling]

Finsbury Park terror suspect 'tried to kill himself and asked to be sectioned'
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/06/21/finsbury-park-terror-suspec t-tried-kill-asked-sectioned/

Darren Osborne reportedly tried to kill himself several weeks ago
By Telegraph Reporters 21 June 2017 • 1:30am

The sister of the suspected Finsbury Park attacker has claimed he tried to kill himself just a few weeks ago by jumping into a river and had asked to be sectioned.

Darren Osborne, who lived in Cardiff, was arrested after worshippers were hit by a van near the Muslim Welfare House mosque in Finsbury Park, north London, early on Monday.

The 47 year-old has been arrested on suspicion of commission, preparation or instigation of terrorism, including murder and attempted murder.

The father-of-four, who has been described by relatives as having been "troubled for a long time", tried to commit suicide about two months ago, his sister said.

"He tried to kill himself six, eight weeks ago. He threw himself into the river in Cardiff," Nicola Osborne, 50, told MailOnline.

"He asked to be taken into care, to be sectioned but they wouldn't do it. He was on anti-depressants.

"He came to see me after he tried to kill himself. He showed me the bump on his head. I don't know how he got out of the river, or really what happened."

She also claimed he had once tried to steal from his blind 90-year-old great-grandfather as a child.

The attack unfolded as a man who had been taken ill was receiving first aid from the public near the mosque, where people had been saying Ramadan night prayers. The van was driven at people who were helping him.

The man was pronounced dead at the scene and paramedics took nine other people to three London hospitals while two others were treated for minor injuries.

Witnesses described hearing the driver, who was detained by members of the public before police arrived, shout: "I am going to kill Muslims."

In a statement his family said: "We are massively shocked. It's unbelievable. It still hasn't really sunk in.

"We are devastated for the families. Our hearts go out to the people who have been injured."

They said Mr Osborne was "not a racist" and had never expressed racist views, adding: "It's madness. It is obviously sheer madness."

Detectives have been granted a warrant to hold Osborne until 12.54am on Saturday.

[TonyGosling]

Did BBC Drama blame South Yorkshire police for waiting 12 years before arresting anyone despite hundreds of peope reporting grooming crimes?

Finsbury Park terror suspect 'developed hatred of Muslims after watching hit BBC grooming drama Three Girls'
Darren Osborne, 47, had been demonstrating increasingly radical anti-Islamic views in the weeks before a van was ploughed into worshippers in north London, prosecutors said
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/finsbury-park-terror-suspect-deve loped-10680150

BY SOPHIE EVANS 13:14, 24 JUN 2017

A suspected terrorist accused of carrying out the Finsbury Park attack developed his hatred of Muslims after watching a BBC drama about grooming in Rochdale, a court has heard.

Darren Osborne, 47, had been demonstrating increasingly radical anti-Islamic views in the weeks before a van was ploughed into worshippers near a north London mosque, prosecutors said.

Grandfather Makram Ali, 51, died at the scene and nine other men were injured after the white vehicle was allegedly driven into the group close to Finsbury Park Mosque on Monday.

Yesterday, Osborne, a dad of four, appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court, charged with terrorism-related murder and attempted murder over the incident.

He was flanked by three detectives as he appeared in the dock, sporting a noticeable black eye and dressed in a white T-shirt and grey tracksuit bottoms.

The court heard how the defendant was "motivated by extreme political views and personal hatred of Muslims" when he allegedly mowed down worshippers.

A court heard how Osborne developed his 'hatred of Muslims' after watching the BBC drama Three Girls, above
A court heard how Osborne developed his 'hatred of Muslims' after watching the BBC drama Three Girls, above (Photo: BBC)

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According to a prosecution opening note, his 'radical anti-Islamic views' apparently stemmed from the TV drama 'Three Girls', which was broadcast on BBC1 last month.

The harrowing programme was based on the shocking true story of the young victims of the Rochdale child sexual exploitation ring and how they were let down by authorities.

Nine men were convicted in 2012 for their involvement in the sex grooming scheme, which saw vulnerable young girls plied with alcohol and gifts before being passed around for sex.

"He [Osborne] started to express hatred towards all Muslims and to research gangs working in Rotherham and Luton," the prosecution opening note states.

It adds: "He was heard on one occasion to say '* Muslims'."

Osborne has been charged with terrorism-related murder and attempted murder over Monday's incident
Osborne has been charged with terrorism-related murder and attempted murder over Monday's incident (Photo: Facebook)
The defendant allegedly ploughed into worshippers in Finsbury Park, north London
The defendant allegedly ploughed into worshippers in Finsbury Park, north London (Photo: PA)
Osborne is accused of deliberately ploughing into pedestrians they gathered around to administer first aid to Mr Ali, who is believed to have suffered a heart attack.

The defendant is said to have mounted the pavement at around 12.20am.

Mr Ali was crushed beneath the wheels of the hired Citroen van and died at the scene. Police later confirmed he had passed away from "multiple injuries".

At the time of the alleged attack, the area was busy with worshippers from the Muslim Welfare House and Finsbury Park Mosque who had been attending Ramadan night prayers.

Osborne, who was arrested at the scene, spoke only to confirm his name during his court appearance yesterday. He shook his head when asked for his address.

Makram Ali, 51, died from multiple injuries
Makram Ali, 51, died from multiple injuries
Samuel Main, prosecuting, said: “This investigation concerns the murder and attempted murder of individuals near to Finsbury Park Mosque by Darren Osborne. The crown's case is that Mr Osborne, motivated by extreme political views and personal hatred of Muslims, acted to kill, main, injure and terrify as many people as he could by driving a vehicle into a group of pedestrians.

"His was a deliberate and premeditated terrorist act and a terrorist murder."

Jobless Osborne was raised in Weston-Super-Mare, but moved to Pentwyn, Cardiff, in 2006.

District Judge John Zani sent his case to be heard with a list of other terror cases at London's Old Bailey on July 20.

Osborne is first due up at the Old Bailey on Tuesday for a preliminary hearing.

[TonyGosling]

We are launching a social media campaign to fight Tommy Robinson and the Far-Right. He is our statement. pic.twitter.com/3ObNg2uzTR

— Jewish Voice (@J_VoiceUK) June 29, 2017

[TonyGosling]

We need address the reasons why the #FinsburyPark terrorist was radicalised. pic.twitter.com/oLaHKYeSkB

— James Melville (@JamesMelville) June 19, 2017

[TonyGosling]

Finsbury Park trial as it happened: Messages sent by Tommy Robinson to terror suspect Darren Osborne revealed in court
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/finsbury-park-attack-trial- live-darren-osborne-court-muslims-mosque-van-latest-news-updates-a8173 496.html

Updates from Woolwich Crown Court after Mr Osborne denies murder and attempted murder

Lizzie Dearden Home Affairs Correspondent @lizziedearden an hour ago

Darren Osborne in court for second day of trial
Tommy Robinson and Jayda Fransen sent suspect messages days before attack, court hears
Witnesses say they heard Mr Osborne saying he would 'kill Muslims' in a Cardiff pub the night before
Jury hears he became a 'ticking time-bomb' after watching a show on grooming gangs and reading far-right social media posts
Note found in van raged against terror attacks, Sadiq Khan, Jeremy Corbyn and Lily Allen

Darren Osborne is on trial for a second day for allegedly trying to kill as many Muslims “as possible” with a van in Finsbury Park.

Woolwich Crown Court previously heard he become “brainwashed” after watching a television drama about the Rochdale grooming sex scandal and appeared to become radicalised after reading posts by Britain First and far-right leader Tommy Robinson.

Mr Robinson and Jayda Fransen, the deputy leader of Britain First, sent Mr Osborne messages days before the attack, the jury has heard.

Prosecutors said they had not seen the content of a direct Twitter message from Ms Fransen, and that Mr Osborne had screen-grabbed emails from Mr Robinson sent via The Rebel website.

Witnesses told how they overheard the defendant claiming he would "kill Muslims" and describing himself as a "soldier" at a Cardiff pub on the previous evening.

Mr Osborne denies deliberately mowing down 51-year-old Makram Ali, who died of his injuries, and nine other people shortly after 12.15am on 19 June.

[TonyGosling]

Osborne later received a message in the name of Tommy Robinson encouraging him to take part in a rally in Manchester on June 11, it was said.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5302527/Finsbury-Park-attacker -got-message-Jayda-Fransen.html


The email in the name of Tommy Robinson referred to the Manchester Arena suicide bombing on May 22, stating: 'What Salman Abedi did isn't the beginning, it won't be the end.

'There's a nation within a nation forming. It's a nation built on hatred, violence, and Islam.

'It's now been left to us, the ordinary people of the UK, to stand against hatred, and with one voice to say no more.

'That's why on Sunday the 11th of June, we will stand together in Manchester in opposition to hate. We will rally to demand action. We will make ourselves impossible to ignore.'

He also received a message on June 14 asking, 'Darren, will you help me get justice', about a campaign for a woman said to have been raped 'by a gang of men' in Sunderland. Both ended 'yours truly, Tommy Robinson', the court heard.

There were further searches for Tommy Robinson on June 17.

Mr Rees said: 'That was the day on which Mr Osborne picked up the van. Having picked up the van, those tweets and web searches follow that. Google searches for Tommy Robinson.'

This included a tweet from Mr Robinson replying to someone, saying, 'you anarchist why didn't you point fingers after Manchester. Instead celebrities said let's love each other'.

Another of his tweets referred to 'anger when the Muslims bomb our kids, we were told not to look back in anger', the court heard.


THE BUILD-UP

May 16 - Osborne watches Three Girls, a BBC drama about grooming in Rochdale. His ex-partner said the programme was a catalyst for him becoming 'obsessed' with Muslims.

June 3 - Osborne set up his Twitter account and on the same day he received a direct message from Jayda Fransen.

June 6 - He searched for 'which party wants to bring back the death penalty'.

June 9 - Osborne received an email alert from ex-EDL leader Robinson, now a commentator for The Rebel.

June 14 - He received another email from Robinson about the case of a woman in Sunderland who Robinson claims was 'raped and beaten by middle eastern migrants'.

June 17 - Osborne searched online for Tommy Robinson again. He picks up the van he used in the attack.

June 19 - Osborne alleged drove onto a pavement in Finsbury Park. Mr Ali died from multiple injuries at the scene at 1.04am.