TikToker accused of posting terror attack videos

A man has appeared at the Old Bailey, accused of posting videos and images of terrorist attacks on social media site TikTok.

Sardar Shahid, 20, from Dudley, in the West Midlands, is charged with four counts of distributing a terrorist publication on dates between December 2024 and February 2025.

He is further charged with possessing a document containing information useful to terrorism. Material was allegedly shared on TikTok to encourage terrorism and included images of perpetrators of well-known attacks, the court was told.

The defendant was remanded into custody and is due to appear for a plea hearing on 3 July.

A document entitled the Islamic Terrorist Explosive Manual Translation was uncovered on a USB stick after the defendant's arrest in November 2025, prosecutor Chloe Ashley said.

It is alleged to contain 159 pages with instructions on the manufacture of high explosives.

Shahid appeared at the court via videolink on Friday for a preliminary hearing before Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb, and spoke only to confirm his identity.

The senior judge set a provisional two-week trial at Birmingham Crown Court from 15 March 2027.

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