article: Ednane Mahmood, of Plane Street, Blackburn, is accused of disseminating a terrorist publication. The 19-year-old, who was arrested after allegedly trying to travel to Syria, is also accused of engaging in conduct in preparation of acts of terrorism. At Manchester Crown Court he denied both charges and was bailed until his trial date on 26 October. The teenager is accused of providing a service to others to enable them to obtain, read, listen to or look at a terrorist publication between 1 June and 25 November 2014. He is charged with providing links to poems and other propaganda, and at the time of doing so was allegedly reckless as whether his conduct would be a direct or indirect encouragement to the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism. Mahmood is further charged with the intention of committing acts of terrorism on 21 September 2014 in that he planned to travel to Syria in order to engage in acts of terrorism.
summary: A teenager from Lancashire has denied trying to travel to Syria to engage in acts of terrorism.