Jailed: London fast food restaurant worker who posted jihadi propaganda on Facebook

A London fast food restaurant worker who tried to drum up support for Islamic State on Facebook has been jailed for more than six years.

Hussain Yousef, 21, had six accounts on the popular social media site and posted extremist Islamist propaganda and execution videos online in a bid to recruit members.

He also shared a list claiming to be details of US military personnel, including their addresses, police said.

Yousef, who worked at a restaurant in west London, was jailed for six-and-a-half years at Kingston Crown Court on Friday.

He was convicted of collection of information which may be useful to someone who commits or prepares acts of terrorism, encouragement of terrorism and dissemination of terrorist publications.

Yousef, of Brent, north-west London, was arrested last year after members of the public reported his posts to the police.

Commander Dean Haydon said: "Yousef was sharing content, images and videos of the terrorist activities of Daesh through his various Facebook accounts and trying to get others to support their evil and hateful ideology.

"This case was brought to our attention thanks to members of the public reporting it to us and I continue to urge anyone who see terrorist or extremist material online to act and report it via the online reporting tool."