The Melbourne Islamic State jihadi who had his bloodied dead body posted on social media had reportedly committed a string of criminal offences before he fled to the Middle East . New details have emerged that Suhan Rahman , who was killed while fighting in Syria last week , was sentenced to 80 hours of community service for attempting to pervert the course of justice and witness intimidation in 2013 , according to The Australian . The 23-year-old , who was previously pictured with Sydney terrorist Mohamed Elomar , also faced a number of charges including assault and unlicensed driving , where he was hit with a $ 1000 fine . Melbourne Suhan Rahman was reportedly a convicted criminal before he fled the country for the Middle East . The revelation comes just less than a week after a woman claiming to be the wife posted her deceased husband Rahman on Twitter , announcing that he had been killed fighting for the IS . His twisted wife said : ‘ May Allah accept my husband , Abu Jihad al Australi. ’ ‘ Promised Allah and fought in the front lines until he obtained shahadah , ’ she added . Rahman , who had been fighting under the name Abu Jihad al Australi , previously threatened a terrorist attack on Australia claiming he would 'bring the war home ' to the west in January . ‘ Spill blood young Aussies , ’ he wrote on Twitter . His last known location was Raqqa , an Islamic State stronghold in Syria . The woman , named Zumarul Jannah , who claimed to be his wife said : ‘ Alhamdulillahi rabbil alimeen , I 'm the most content I have ever been in my life ♡. ’ A researcher at the London based terrorist research centre ICSR posted this photo of Rahman on Twitter . A woman claiming to be Suhan Rahman 's wife posted a bloodied photo of her dead husband on Twitter . A rifle was placed on his body . The woman who claimed to be Rahman 's wife said : ' I 'm the most content I have ever been in my life . ' ‘ And never think of those who have been killed in the cause of Allah as dead , ’ she added . She also posted a photo of a man that looks like Rahman praying . The 23-year-old was pictured with Sydney terrorist Mohamed Elomar earlier this year and was also friends with playboy Melbourne jihadi Mahmoud Abdullatif . Rahman and Abdullatif regularly conversed via Twitter before Abdullatif was reported dead in January . In November Rahman confessed to Abdullatif it was his ‘ first time using twitter its tripping out bruv [ sic ] ’ . Abdullatif replied : ‘ Lol I know I still don ’ t how to use it. ’ The woman asked for Allah to 'accept ' her husband , who she called Abu Jihad al Australi . The 23-year-old ( left ) was pictured with Sydney terrorist Mohamed Elomar ( right ) earlier this year . ‘ Ye how do I retweet to others and what duz dat mean. ’ Rahman asked . ‘ I ’ ll explain when I come home insha Allah , ’ Abdullatif responded . Along with his recent postings on Twitter , Rahman also uploaded one photograph of himself wielding a high-powered silver rifle AK47 . Referencing the terrorist attack on French satirical magazine Charlie Hedbo in January , where two Islamist gunmen killed editor Stéphane Charbonnier and 11 other people , Rahman wrote : 'May allah accept the french brothers who terrorised france . Allahu akbar . Day by day we will bring the war home to you. ’ His previous posts painted a keen young reveller at Melbourne nightclubs who enjoyed partying with his mates , rap music and fast cars but in recent months , he has taken an eerie turn . Rahman 's family made a desperate plea for him to return home in January after his father Lutfur Rahman alerted authorities that he was fighting with IS , The Daily Telegraph reports . A woman claiming to be Rahman 's wife posted this photo of a man that looks like him praying . Abdullatif and Rahman chatted about how they did n't know how to use Twitter back in November 2014 . Mr Rahman was told by the Australian Federal Police Counter-Terrorism Squad that they were monitoring his son 's every movement overseas . His father has been left distraught after learning his son 's decision when he slipped out of the country with three other men to go to Syria . 'We hoped that he would never get into this type of thing , ' his father has told the Daily Telegraph . 'Everything was OK then suddenly he just left the country . '
Suhan Rahman has been revealed as a convicted criminal , report says . It follows after the 23-year-old was killed while fighting in Australia last week . Rahman had been fighting under the name Abu Jihad al Australi . In January he threatened to 'bring the war home ' to Syria . A woman claiming to be his wife posted a photo of his dead body . Rahman was friends with playboy Melbourne jihadi Mahmoud Abdullatif . He was also pictured with Sydney terrorist Mohamed Elomar .