A policeman has been charged with publishing pro-Hamas material on WhatsApp.

PC Mohammed Adil, 26, was charged on Monday with two counts of publishing an image in support of a proscribed organisation, contrary to section 13 of the Terrorism Act, the Independent Office for Police Conduct said. 

The offences are alleged to have taken place in October and November 2023.

PC Adil, based in Calderdale, is currently suspended by WYP. He is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court tomorrow (2 May).