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Trial set for woman, 63, on terrorism charges

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The trial will take place at Birmingham Crown Court in January next year

A trial date has been set after a 63-year-old woman denied a number of terrorism charges.

Sarah Wilkinson from Bishop's Castle, Shropshire, is accused of two counts of encouragement of terrorism on social media, two counts of expressing an opinion or belief that was supportive of a proscribed organisation, namely Hamas; and one of failing to comply with a police investigation.

Appearing at Birmingham Crown Court on Wednesday she denied all charges, and two counts of disseminating a terrorist publication by sharing videos on her X account.

Wilkinson was told she would return to the same court for a trial, starting on 4 January.

She is accused of posting the statements and the videos in March and May 2024 respectively and then failing to comply with investigators by not sharing her mobile phone PIN in November 2024.

Wilkinson was granted continuing bail ahead of her trial.

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