A British man, who suggested Islamist militants should target four-year-old Prince George – destined to be Britain’s future king – pleaded guilty to terrorism offences on Thursday.

Husnain Rashid, 32, posted information on the Telegram messaging service to encourage jihadis to carry out attacks along with information to help them with possible targets such as soccer stadiums.

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Prosecutors said this included posting a picture of Prince George, son of Queen Elizabeth’s grandson Prince William and his wife Kate and third-in-line to the throne, next to a silhouette of a jihadi fighter.

The post included the address of his school in southwest London which he started attending last September and was accompanied with the caption “even the royal family will not be left alone.”

Rashid had initially denied the charges but during his trial at Woolwich Crown Court he changed his plea to guilty, admitting three counts of engaging in conduct in preparation for terrorism and one count of encouraging terrorism, police said.

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He will be sentenced on June 28.

Prosecutors said posts by Rashid, from Nelson in northwest England, also included a street map of New York’s Sixth Avenue with the caption “New York Halloween Parade. Have you made your preparations? The Countdown begins.”</s>Husnain Rashid faces a life sentence for urging an attack on Prince George

Husnain Rashid, of Nelson, Lancashire, changed his plea during a trial at Woolwich Crown Court after previously maintaining his innocence.

The 32-year-old admitted using a Telegram chat group to urge supporters to call for action against the four-year-old prince a month after he started at Thomas's Battersea, in south-west London.

He posted a photograph of the prince at the school super-imposed with silhouettes of two masked jihad fighters.

Prosecutor Annabel Darlow head earlier told the court: "The underlying message was clear. Prince George and other members of the royal family should be viewed as targets.”

Rashid pleaded guilty to three counts of engaging in conduct in preparation of terrorist acts and one count of encouraging terrorism.</s>Prince George of Cambridge on his first day of school on Sept. 7, 2017, accompanied by his father Prince William and school head Helen Haslem.

LONDON — An alleged Islamic State group supporter who encouraged attacks on 4-year-old Prince George of Cambridge admitted to a string of terror offenses Thursday, two weeks into his trial in London.

Husnain Rashid, who previously said he'd done nothing wrong, switched his plea to guilty on four counts of preparing terrorist acts and encouraging terrorism due to the "overwhelming weight of evidence," the Crown Prosecution Service said in a statement.

Rashid, 32, a former teacher at a mosque in northwestern England, was accused of using the Telegram messaging site to encourage "lone wolf" attacks and to provide advice on the use of bombs, chemicals and knives.

Court artist sketch by Elizabeth Cook of Husnain Rashid in Westminster Magistrates' Court in London, Dec. 6, 2017.

Prosecutor Annabel Darlow told the jury that Rashid posted suggestions of a range of attacks, including injecting poison into supermarket ice cream and targeting Prince George's school, located across the River Thames from his home in Kensington Palace.

One post included a photo of little George (third in line to the British throne), the address of his school, a silhouette of a jihadi fighter and the message: "Even the royal family will not be left alone."

The trial, which had been scheduled to last six weeks, was abruptly ended because of the plea. Sentencing is set for June 28.</s>On Thursday, the British man who was accused of threatening members of the royal family online has pleaded guilty to terrorism charges, CNN reported on May 31. Fortunately, it seems that the man in question was caught before anything took place, but with his upcoming sentencing, it's important to know what happened at Prince George's school and what led to this trial in the first place.

Husnain Rashid, a British ISIS supporter, has reportedly admitted to plotting an attack on the 4-year-old and his school, pleading guilty to a handful of terrorism counts on Thursday, according to The Guardian. The charges include, according to CNN, "engaging in conduct in preparation for terrorist acts and encouraging terrorism." The 32-year-old man was arrested in November, according to The New York Times, after posting a series of cryptic online messages calling for terrorist attacks on the royal family, specifically Prince George.

Aside from the online threats, fortunately nothing seems to have actually happened to the young royal or his school, Thomas's Battersea in London. But had authorities not stepped in, it's certainly possible that something could have. According to Us Weekly, Rashid posted the school's address online last October, which was just a month after Prince George started school in September 2017. Rashid was arrested fairly quickly after his posts went live — on Nov. 22, 2017, according to The Guardian — and it's clear that the prince is, and has been, safe.

Rashid's alleged threats were very specific, according to The New York Times, using "an online messaging service in October to publish a photograph of Prince George’s school in London, with silhouettes of jihadists superimposed on it." The publication also reported that Rashid allegedly warned: "Even the royal family will not be left alone."

Rashid's sentencing won't take place until June 28, according to CNN, so his ultimate punishment is not clear at the moment. However, after he admitted guilt at the trial on Thursday, The New York Times reported that the judge, Andrew Lees, was not one to mince words when it came to informing the man of the punishment he's facing. According to The New York Times, Lees told Rashid at the hearing today:

Though Rashid pleaded guilty to terrorism charges, The Guardian reported that there is "no evidence that anyone acted on his posts." In addition to Rashid's most notable terrorism charges targeting Prince George and his school, he also reportedly made more threats online, allegedly suggesting that ISIS members carry out attacks across Britain at "soccer stadiums, British Army bases, shopping centers and Jewish communities," according to CNN. He also reportedly made threats to "[inject] poison into supermarket ice creams," as CNN reported.

After admitting guilt to all charges against him, it's likely that Rashid will reportedly face a hefty punishment, considering Lees' words at his hearing on Thursday. Of course, hopefully nothing will come from his suggestions to target Prince George's school, but rest assured that the royal family is definitely prepared for any instance of terror. In fact, according to Newsweek, Prince George's nanny, Maria Teresa Turrion Borrallo, is a graduate of Norland College, where she learned all kinds of anti-terrorism and self-defense tactics.

Though his exact sentence is unknown, Rashid faces up to life in prison when he faces the judge again on June 28, as The New York Post reported.</s>Husnain Rashid, the 32-year-old British ISIS supporter who called for jihadis to attack Prince George last year, pleaded guilty to terrorism offenses in a London court on Thursday.

Rashid, who was arrested last November, admitted to engaging in conduct in preparation for terrorist acts and encouraging terrorism. He will be sentenced on June 28.

According to a press release from The Crown Prosecution Service, he created an online publication and posted messages glorifying successful terrorist acts, encouraging his readers to plan and commit attacks of their own. CPS says that all of the offenses relate to Rashid's online activities between October 2016 and November 2017.

One of his posts, the press release notes, included a photograph of Prince George with the address of his school, along with a superimposed silhouette of a jihad fighter and a message that read, "Even the royal family will not be left alone."

"Husnain Rashid is an extremist who not only sought to encourage others to commit attacks on targets in the West but was planning to travel aboard so he could fight himself," Sue Hemming, Head of the Special Crime and Counter Terrorism Division of CPS, said in a statement. "He tried to argue that he had not done anything illegal but with the overwhelming weight of evidence against him he changed his plea to guilty."

"The judge will now decide on the appropriate sentence and Rashid must face the consequences of his actions," the statement continued.

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Did Dakota Johnson's 'SNL' ISIS Sketch Go Too Far?</s>A British ISIS supporter pleaded guilty to terrorism offenses against Prince George on May 31. Husnain Rashid, who was accused of encouraging terror acts against the Prince of Cambridge, was arrested in November and was two weeks into his trail in Woolwich Crown Court when he pleaded guilty.

The 32-year-old previously maintained that he was not guilty of the charges, but took a dramatic U-turn and accepted he encouraged terrorist acts against the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's son, third in line to the throne, CNN reported.

Rashid was arrested after messages were shared online encouraging militants against Prince George. A picture of George next to a jihadi fighter's silhouette with the complete address of George's school was shared with a message: "Even the royal family will not be left alone. School starts early."

The image was posted on a Telegram group chat on October 13, a month after George began schooling in Thomas's Battersea in southwest London.

Husnain Rashid is a 32-year-old ISIS supporter in the UK. He was born in Lancashire and resided with his elderly parents in Nelson. He is said to have been a teacher at the Muhammadi mosque. He ran a "prolific" Telegram channel called the Lone Mujahid.

It is on the platform where he provided an "e-toolkit for terrorism", the prosecution told during his trial. His targets included British army bases, shopping centres, Jewish communities and government buildings, British Press Association reports.

He encouraged followers to organise weapons, including knives, homemade bombs, poison, chemicals, vehicles and a martial art used by Israeli military called Krav Maga.

His exhortations included attacking UK football stadiums, the 2017 general election, Wimbledon, the Trafford Centre in Manchester and BBC Proms in the Park, The Guardian reports. He wanted to travel to Turkey and Syria hoping to fight in territories controlled by ISIS.

Rushid will be sentenced on June 28.</s>The royal family won’t remove Prince George from kindergarten or retreat from upcoming public appearances following news that a British ISIS supporter had called for jihadis to attack the 4-year-old son of Prince William and Kate Middleton at his London school, TMZ is reporting.

On Thursday, 32-year-old Husnain Rashid pleaded guilty to terrorism offenses, two weeks into his trial in a London court, CNN reported.

Rashid admitted that he had helped prepare for terrorist acts on British Army bases, sports stadiums, shopping centers and Jewish communities between October 2016 and November 2017, CNN said.

He had also written online messages encouraging militants to attack Prince George, the third in line to the British throne. Rashid had shared the full address of the young prince’s school in southwest London, which the boy began attending last September. Rashid wrote: “Even the royal family will not be left alone.”

TMZ reported that Prince George will appear as scheduled with his family on the balcony of Buckingham Palace June 9. The occasion is the annual Trooping the Colour parade to celebrate the 92nd birthday of Queen Elizabeth II, George’s great-grandmother.

There also are no plans to keep George out of school. In September 2017, Prince George started at Thomas’s Battersea in London, whose location is a matter of public record. If George is enrolled in the school’s summer term for kindergarteners, he should be there through the early summer.

Meanwhile, Rashid is expected to be sentenced on June 28.</s>Prince George started a new school in September, but the exciting time took a dark turn when a British ISIS supporter shared information about the school’s whereabouts and threatened the royal family.

Husnain Rashid went on the messaging app Telegram in October and posted a photo of George, 4, with silhouettes of jihadist fighters superimposed on it, along with specifics of his school’s address. He added a warning: “Even the royal family will not be left alone. School starts early.”
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Rashid, 32, was arrested in November at his Nelson home in northwest England, and denied all charges relating to encouraging terrorism and preparing acts of terrorism when his trial started last week. On Thursday at Woolwich Crown Court, however, he changed his plea to guilty, admitting to carrying out numerous terror offenses, such as encouraging terrorism and engaging in conduct in preparation for terrorist acts.

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“You have admitted these allegations of encouraging others to commit terrorist activities and publishing statements to encourage the killing of others,” Judge Andrew Lees said to Rashid, according to the . “It is inevitable that you will receive a very lengthy prison sentence and there will be a consideration of a life prison sentence.”

The mosque teacher, who went by “Lone Mujahid” online, additionally encouraged violence on British Army bases, soccer stadiums, polling booths, Jewish facilities and the Wimbledon tennis tournament. He also allegedly researched how to go to Syria to join and fight for ISIS, and suggested poisoning fruit and ice cream in supermarkets. Rashid is set to be sentenced on June 28.</s>A supporter of the Islamic State terror group who called for attacks on British Royal Prince George at his school admitted in court on Thursday to several terrorism charges, including encouraging followers to poison ice cream.

Husnain Rashid, 32, was two weeks into his trial when he changed his plea, admitting to three counts of engaging in conduct in preparation of terrorist acts and one count of encouraging terrorism.

Rashid had called on ISIS supporters on “prolific” Telegram channel named the “Lone Mujahid” last October to target the four-year-old prince, who is third in line to the throne, according to Sky News.

After Rashid plead guilty, Judge Andrew Lees then put two further charges on hold and abruptly ended the trial, with sentencing scheduled for June 28.

Lees told the 32-year-old that the trial had heard the “most disturbing allegations,” Sky News reported.

“It is inevitable that you will receive a very lengthy prison sentence and there will be a consideration of a life prison sentence,” he said.

During the first two weeks of the trial, Prosecutor Annabel Darlow told a jury that Rashid encouraged attacks on a range of targets, including “Prince George at his first school.”

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The 32-year-old posted a photograph in an encrypted forum on Telegram of the prince at his school that was super-imposed with two masked jihadist fighters.

“Even the royal family will not be left alone,” Rashid messaged the group, before sharing the school’s full address and postcode, according to the BBC. He also told followers, “School starts early.”

Besides threatening the Royal Family he also encouraged followers to poison ice cream and attack soccer stadiums, and was even planning his own online magazine offering tips for “lone-wolf attacks,” according to Sky News.

Prosecutors said the unemployed web designer was in contact with another ISIS terrorist in Syria called “Rapunzel,” and sent him information about how to make explosives and shoot down aircrafts.

The news of the threats against Prince George were first reported last October by British media outlets.

Rashid was arrested at his home in November, and “hurled” a phone containing a “treasure trove” into an alleyway when authorities moved in, according to the BBC.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.</s>Prince George was the target of a terrorist, and the man who encouraged ISIS to carry out a plot at the boy's school has just confessed.

32-year-old Husnain Rashid had maintained his innocence since his arrest last November, but in a court hearing he now admits he carried out a number of terroristic acts and engaged in preparation for other attacks.

Rashid posted a pic of Prince George -- 3rd in line to the throne -- next to a silhouette of a jihadi fighter. He posted the address of George's school and wrote, "even the royal family will not be left alone."

This is not the first time the little Royal's school has been the center of suspicious activity. Right after George started primary school last Sept, a woman was arrested allegedly trying to break into the school.
A British man named Husnain Rashid pleaded guilty after supporting ISIS and admitting that he threatened to attack Prince George at school.