Overview

• Habeeb Khan, 49, was sentenced to 27 months in prison after pleading guilty to making threats of death or serious harm under the Online Safety Act.
• The video, filmed in Khan's Birmingham home, showed him holding a deactivated AK-47 and making violent threats against the English Defence League (EDL) and its former leader, Tommy Robinson.
• The 11-second video was widely shared on far-right social media, with one account gaining 1.4 million views and using it to incite anti-Muslim sentiment and calls for mosque raids.
• The court heard that Khan's actions occurred during a time of heightened social tensions following violent anti-immigration riots across the UK, triggered by mass stabbings in Southport on July 29.
• Khan, who has a history of prior convictions, expressed remorse and attributed his actions to recklessness, claiming a friend uploaded the video without his consent.