GETTY Mohammed Mohsin Ameen is said to have conducted an eight-month hate campaign on social media

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Mohammed Mohsin Ameen is said to have conducted an eight-month hate campaign on social media. The 23-year-old, from Dagenham, east London, is accused of using 42 separate Twitter accounts to urge fellow Muslims to pledge allegiance to ISIS. Ameen was arrested by Scotland Yard anti-terror detectives on Wednesday October 21 and was charged on Tuesday night with seven offences under the Terrorism Act.

He is accused of six counts of directly or indirectly encouraging others to commit, prepare or instigate acts of terrorism or convention offences contrary to section 1 of the Terrorism Act 2006. Ameen is also accused of one count of inviting support for a proscribed organisation, namely ISIS.

GETTY Ameen has been remanded in custody until November 17

GETTY Ameen is said to have sent more than 40,000 tweets

Sporting a long black beard and short black hair, Ameen sat crossed-armed in a grey prison-issue jumper throughout the 10-minute hearing at Westminster Magistrates Court.

Jessica Hart, prosecuting, said: "The defendant has been using Twitter to send a large number of messages, 40,000 in total using up to 42 accounts, over an eight-month period. "In particular, they encourage and glorify acts of terrorism, in particular the actions of ISIL, and invokes support for that group."

Ms Hart explained the current charges relate to "specimen" counts of Twitter activity, as police have yet been able to scrawl through all the messages. She added: "This is one of the most serious cases of its kind, and it should therefore be heard at the Central Criminal Court." Ameen has been remanded in custody until November 17.