Metropolitan Police arrest and charge man with numerous terrorism offences

Officers from the Metropolitan police’s Counter Terrorism Command arrested a man on Wednesday 19th August, he was subsequently charged with numerous terrorist offences.

Michael Nugent, aged 37 (19.06.83) of north Surrey, was charged on Tuesday, 25 August with:

  • Two counts of encouragement of terrorism, contrary to section 1 of the Terrorism Act (TACT) 2006;
  • One count of disseminating a terrorist publication, contrary to section 2 of the TACT 2006;
  • Nine counts of collection of information of a kind likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism, contrary to section 58 of the TACT 2000.

He has currently been remanded in custody and is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court later today.

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