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Assistant Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Laurence Taylor says two UK nationals have been charged with national security offences over an incident near the RAF Fairford base in September. Mohmed Ahmad Abdulkarim has been charged with assisting a foreign intelligence, which police believe to be Iran, while Nouman Essghir is charged with entering a prohibited place for a purpose prejudicial to the UK. Report by Keechl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00And I can confirm that we have now secured two charges as part of that investigation.
00:07Newman Esgier, a 24-year-old British national from the Borough of Westminster in London,
00:13has been charged under Section 4 of the National Security Act, which is an offence to enter,
00:19access, inspect or approach a prohibited place for a purpose prejudicial to the safety or
00:26interests of the United Kingdom.
00:28This was following suspected activity on Saturday the 22nd of August.
00:36He was first arrested at the scene in Gloucestershire on Sunday the 27th of September and re-arrested
00:43on Tuesday the 20th of October.
00:47As a result of our investigation, I can also tell you that we interviewed another man under
00:52caution.
00:53That individual, Mohammed Ahmed Abul Karim, a 24-year-old British national from the Borough
01:01of Westminster, London, has now been charged under Section 3 of the National Security Act
01:072023, which makes it an offence to assist a foreign intelligence service.
01:12In this case, we believe that country to be Iran.
01:17Both of the men who have been charged are due to appear at Westminster Magistrates Court
01:21today, Tuesday the 27th of October, 2026.
01:25We'll see you in the next one.
01:25We'll see you in the next one.
01:26We'll see you in the next one.
01:26We'll see you in the next one.

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