Terror case: Science teacher Jamshed Javeed, 30, has admitted two Syria-related terror offences revealed to police after a row with his family

A British science teacher today admitted plotting to fight with ISIS in Syria but was only stopped after his upset family confiscated his passport.

Radicalised father-of-two Jamshed Javeed, 30, taught 11 to 16-year-old pupils at Sharples High School in Bolton, Greater Manchester.

Police said the teacher was 'determined' to leave his job and fight alongside ISIS but his family, including his pregnant wife, grabbed his 'go bag' of money, supplies and his passport.

Jamshed Javeed had intended to travel with a man he had met only three months beforehand but could not travel without his documents.

When he applied for a new passport and received it last December anti-terror police swooped and arrested him.

He was planning to fly out to Syria via Turkey with equipment he had bought for use on the battlefields.

His family pleaded with him not to travel to Syria but he told them he wanted to go regardless of their wishes.

It also emerged today Javeed was twice spoken to by MI5 agents as he plotted join ISIS and he knew 'they were keeping an eye on him' just before he was held.

The teacher was due to stand trial at Woolwich Crown Court today but instead pleaded guilty to two terror charges. He was remanded and will be sentenced in December.

His brother Mohammad Azzam, 19, is missing and presumed dead in Syria after travelling there last September.

Javeed also admitted today he transferred £1,400 into his brother's account to pay for his and a friend's flights to the warzone shortly before his own arrest. The other man was Anil Khalil Raoufi, 20, from Didsbury, who died in the fighting earlier this year.

Police claim the previously 'law-abiding' married father-of-two 'started to support the Isis cause' from August last year.

Det Ch Supt Tony Mole, head of The North West Counter Terrorism Unit, said: 'What we have seen here is an interesting case of somebody who has lived quite a normal, stable family life with children – a school teacher leading on the face of it a fruitful life.

'But now he has pleaded guilty to two serious offences involving preparation of himself and others for terrorist offences – namely going to Syria to fight for ISIS.

'It is an interesting case because of the speed of the process.

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Fall out: Javeed, sketched in court, had a bag packed with equipment and money but his family took it all

Guilty: Jamshed Javeed, 30, who taught at Sharples High School in Bolton, pictured, today pleaded guilty at Woolwich Crown Court to Syria-related terror charges

JIHADIST FIGHTER'S BROTHER IN COURT ON TERROR CHARGES The brother of a British man who was killed fighting in Syria has appeared in court charged with trying to help others to commit terrorist acts. Mustakim Jaman, 23, from Portsmouth, spoke only to confirm his name and date of birth when he stood in the dock at London’s Westminster Magistrates’ Court. Helping would-be terrorists with travel plans and collecting donations to try to replace items that were lost on the battlefield are among the alleged offences, which are said to have taken place between August 1 2013 and October 14 this year. Jaman was charged under section five of the Terrorism Act 2006 with having the 'intention of assisting others to commit acts of terrorism' and of 'engaging in conduct in preparation' for this cause. District Judge John Zani ordered that he next appear in custody at the Old Bailey on November 14. Jaman, of Hudson Road, Southsea, is the brother of Ifthekar Jaman who was killed last year. He is alleged to have given 'a group of men a lift to a train station knowing that they intended to travel to Turkey and onwards to Syria to join the non-government forces in the ongoing conflict'. He is also charged with 'giving advice to a Whatsapp user about how to travel to Syria without being detected, including shaving off his beard and travelling with others'. Advertisement

'The evidence indicates he got together with a group determined to go out to Syria to fight and despite efforts of his family who were against him going out there, he was still determined to go.

'The earlier we can be aware from the communities of people that might be showing some signs of going out to meet terrorist groups, or engage with terrorist groups, the more we can do on the prevention side of the business.

'Anybody that goes out to ISIS, or get out to ISIS, is putting themselves, their family and therir communities in a very vulnerable position.

'It is a life-changing decision. There is a sector of society which is very vulnerable to this rhetoric and you only have to watch the news to see what this group is about.

'I still maintain that anybody who goes out there to fight with ISIS could potentially be a serious danger to their communities if they return, or try to return.

'By the time they have been trained out there, had experience, built up future friendships and fully engaged with that terrorist rhetoric – you can potentially become a dangerous individual.

'Hence we take a robust to anybody who engages in terrorist organisations.'

In his basis of guilty plea he claimed he was never warned he could be arrested for flying out to the Middle East.

It states: 'The defendant was spoken to by MI5 officers on two occasions in December 2013. On neither occasion was he told fighting with the opposition would constitute a terrorism offence under domestic law.

'He understood that MI5 wanted him to know that they were keeping an eye on him to ensure that he did not get involved in any unlawful activity within the UK.'

Terror case: Teacher Jamshed Javeed, 30 was held at this address in Levenshulme in Manchester after his family took his passport and informed the police

Police, pictured outside his home, said the teacher was 'determined' to leave his job and fight alongside ISIS but his family confiscated his 'go bag' of money, supplies and his passport

His school said it was in 'shock' today.

Headteacher Rachel Quesnel said: 'It came as a huge shock to be informed by the police that they had arrested a member of staff. We acted on the advice of the local authority and the police and suspended the individual. This was a neutral act pending a police investigation, and in line with the council's HR procedures.

'There was no evidence whatsoever to link any criminal activity to our school or the wider community and no evidence to suggest that any pupils, staff or the wider community were under any kind of threat.

'We would like to reassure all our stakeholders that this was an isolated incident, involving one individual, and is in no way a reflection on Sharples School.'

Backing: Javeed admitted he paid for his brother and friend Anil Khalil Raoufi, 20, from Didsbury, who died in the fighting earlier this year, to fly to Syria

The 30-year-old from Levenshulme also admitted he funded his younger brother Mohammed and his friend to fly to the war ravaged country to take up arms against the Bashar al-Assad regime last September.

He had travelled to Syria with university student Anil Khalil Raoufi, 20, from Didsbury, who died in the fighting earlier this year.

Javeed says he discovered that his younger brother Mohammed Javeed was planning to join rebels in Syria in August or September last year.

He transferred a total of £1,400 to his brother's account, and accepts that £1,100 of that money would be used to fund Mohammed and a friend's travel to Syria.

The basis of plea says Jamshed Javeed did not 'recruit, advise or encourage' anyone to travel to Syria.

It says the defendant is a practising and sincere Muslim and 'not an extremist'.

He was said to have been 'deeply moved' by images and reports of 'extreme suffering of the Syrian people at the hands of (President) Bashar al-Assad's vicious regime'.

The basis of plea says: 'It was against this background, and influenced by his younger brother's decision, that Jamshed Javeed subsequently came to the conclusion that he should go to support the ordinary people of Syria.

'He accepts that this would have meant becoming involved in some fighting as well as humanitarian relief. He also acknowledges that he spent time on the internet looking at various websites and followed individuals on Twitter.