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Manchester Scoop · Aug 21, 2026

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CRUMPSALL: Iraqi national Hekmat Omar Ali Hakim, 49, has pleaded not guilty to failing to disclose information about terrorist activity connected to last year’s deadly attack on the Heaton Park synagogue.Prosecutors allege CCTV footage of conversations with attacker Jihad Al-Shamie shows Hakim “condoning and supporting” terrorist activity. The court also heard that the pair attended the same mosque and travelled together by car several times before the Yom Kippur attack. Hakim was remanded in custody and will appear at the Old Bailey on 25 September. JOIN TMS:

*CRUMPSALL:* Iraqi national Hekmat Omar Ali Hakim, 49, has pleaded not guilty to failing to disclose information about terrorist activity connected to last year’s deadly attack on the Heaton Park synagogue.Prosecutors allege CCTV footage of conversations with attacker Jihad Al-Shamie shows Hakim “condoning and supporting” terrorist activity. The court also heard that the pair attended the same mosque and travelled together by car several times before the Yom Kippur attack. Hakim was remanded in custody and will appear at the Old Bailey on 25 September. JOIN TMS: *https://wa.me/447776235803*

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