Birmingham man found guilty of terror offences Anjem Choudary, a radical cleric with whom Mohammed Benares had links, the court heard. A man with links to the radical preacher Anjem Choudary has been convicted of terrorism offences. Mohammed Benares, 44, from Saltley, Birmingham, had terror guides showing how to make a bomb and detonator and handle an AK47 gun. He denied three counts of possessing a record containing information of a kind likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism but was convicted at Southwark crown court in London. Benares, who also had links with another radical preacher, Abu Izzadeen, downloaded the terror material from the internet and stored it on three external hard drives. Documents including the online al-Qaida magazine Inspire and a document called 39 Ways to Serve and Participate in Jihad were found by police. Benares will be sentenced on 15 July. The material gathered by Benares included step-by-step instructions on how to make a bomb "In the kitchen of your mom" using readily available ingredients. The defendant also possessed a document providing useful information for those seeking to take up Jihad, or holy war. Analysis of Benares's mobile phone found texts between himself, Choudary and Izzadeen. The court heard that the group Muslims Against Crusades organised a demonstration in central London on 11 September 2011 to coincide with the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks. Choudary, Izzadeen and Benares all attended. Police arrested Benares at the three-bedroom terraced house where he lives with his wife in March 2012. His laptop, mobile and three hard drives were seized and later checked. Benares claimed he was not an extremist, that his interest in the material found by police was just curiosity and that he wanted to understand both moderate and extreme Islam so that he could use the information to counter arguments about extremism. He said the 11 September 2011 demonstration was the only one he attended, the court heard. He noted it was a lawful demonstration and the reason he went was to support and highlight the plight of innocent Muslims being killed in Afghanistan. He did not support the actions of a minority, the jury heard.