Masked thug filmed himself brandishing fake AK-47 while threatening to ‘blow away’ Tommy Robinson
A MASKED thug who filmed himself wielding a fake AK-47 as he threatened to “blow away” Tommy Robinson has been jailed.
Habeeb Khan, 49, was seen in the “inflammatory” video ranting at the camera as he targeted the English Defence League.
The married dad spat: “EDL we’re coming to f***ing blow you away you m*************”.
In a separate threat that was not played to the court, Khan threatened former EDL leader Robinson directly.
He told him: “Hey, Tommy Robinson, you want to play rough, hey? OK, come on! You want to play rough? I’ll blow you away!”
Khan has now been jailed for 27 months after he admitted making threats of death or serious harm contrary to the Online Safety Act.
He also admitted threatening behaviour relating to homophobic and abusive comments made after he was taken to hospital by police on the day of his arrest.
Birmingham Crown Court was told the 11 second clip was shared on far-Right social media accounts after being posted on X by Khan’s pal.
One account responded to the threat by saying: “The most serious threat to protesters everywhere.
“This Muslim has an automatic assault rifle and says he’s coming for the EDL. All mosques need raiding now.”
Police raided Khan’s home on August 7 – two days after crowds surged through Birmingham for an anti-EDL protest.
A t-shirt worn by Khan in the video was found on the washing line, along with the decommissioned rifle.
The gun was “in effect ornamental” and incapable of firing live rounds.
The court heard Khan has 11 previous convictions for 15 offences, including racially aggravated public order offences in 2009 and 2013.
He was also jailed for 12 months in 2019 after being convicted of possessing an imitation handgun with intent to cause fear of violence to a delivery driver outside a pizza shop.
Defence counsel Sunit Sandhu said Khan had health problems, including bipolar disorder and cellulitis.
Sentencing, Judge Melbourne Inman KC told Khan: “Sadly this is one of a number of cases that this court has had to deal with which arise out of civil unrest which itself followed from the very tragic events in Southport on July 29.
“That is the background to your actions on August 6 when you caused a message to be sent on X, formerly Twitter.
“This was, as you know, a time of extremely heightened social tension. On any view you were very reckless.”