A man has been jailed for owning and sharing terrorist handbooks.

Muslim convert Adam Wyatt, 48, admitted disseminating a terrorist publication that said « Britain must atone for its sins in Palestine » and posting on social media that jihad was an obligation for all Muslims.

Wyatt, of Bridgewater Street, Salford, was sentenced to three years and nine months at Manchester Crown Court.

A judge ruled his actions were intentional rather than reckless.

Material in his possession including a book about poisons and other deadly substances that could be used in terrorist attacks.

Det Insp Mike Abbott said Wyatt « used social media to air his abhorrent views and encourage terrorist attacks in Britain and across the world » but can « no longer poison minds and encourage people to kill for his cause ».

« Although Wyatt never pursued an attack himself, he was encouraging others and sharing information that could have led to the deaths of others, » he said.