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Her Honour Judge Angela Rafferty KC

Her Honour Judge Angela Rafferty KC handed Farhad Mohammad a three-year community order at the Old Bailey on the 23rd October 2024 after he was found guilty of two charges of funding terrorism by making money transfers to his nephew in Syria.

HHJ Rafferty also ordered him to complete 250 hours of unpaid work, to be subject to an electronically monitored curfew and complete a 30-day rehabilitation activity requirement.

The Sentencing Council publish sentencing guidelines for Funding terrorism which comes under the Terrorism Act 2000, s.15, Terrorism Act 2000, s.16, Terrorism Act 2000, s.17, Terrorism Act 2000, s.18.

There was online criticism that the sentence handed down for a terrorism offence was deemed to be too lenient :-

It is assumed Farhad Mohammad demonstrated Culpability C (Performed limited function under direction – Very little or no planning) and Harm was Category 3 (Money or property made, or was likely to make, a minor contribution to furthering terrorism).

It would appear that the sentence handed down by the honourable judge Rafferty to Farhad Mohammad for Funding Terrorism was in line with the Sentencing Council guidelines.

Terrorist groups rely on financial support and funding to be able to operate. While Mohammad’s contributions may not have been vast sums, he was well aware his nephew wanted the money to purchase a firearm and to help fund his fighting in Syria.

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HHJ Rafferty is shown on the List of Circuit Judges published on the Courts and Tribunal Judiciary website. Her Honour Judge Rafferty is a Circuit Judge.

Her Honour Judge Angela Margaret Mary Rafferty KCLondon07-01-2019
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Former Chair of the Criminal Bar Association HHJ Angela Rafferty KC is a specialist in grave high profile criminal cases nationwide involving the vulnerable, including young people with mental and physical disabilities, and frequently represents women accused of homicide and young people accused of serious sexual offences in this and other jurisdictions.

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The Judicial Appointments Commission (JAC) selects candidates for judicial office in England and Wales, and for some tribunals with UK-wide powers. The JAC is made up of 15 Commissioners, supported by a Senior Leadership Team, Panel Members and around 90 staff.

Her Honour Judge Angela Rafferty KC was appointed to the JAC as a Judicial Commissioner on the 9th June 2024. Angela was called to the Bar in 1995, appointed a Recorder in 2009 and took silk in 2015.  Since 2019, Angela has sat as a Senior Circuit Judge in the Central Criminal Court.

Her Honour Judge Angela Rafferty KCJudicial Appointments Commission

HHJ Angela Rafferty KC was the trial judge at the Old Bailey for three people who were subsequently jailed for murdering a vulnerable woman they “treated like a slave” by starving, torturing and beating her. HHJ Rafferty sentencing remarks were published on the 1st March 2024. The video was published on the 5th March 2024.

HHJ Rafferty – Trio jailed for over 100 years for murder of woman they treated like slave

HHJ Angela Rafferty appeared on the Bar Council of England Wales YouTube Channel in 2017 for International Women’s Day.

Her Honour Judge Angela Rafferty KCBar Council of England Wales

Through their distinguished track record and their pre-eminent place in the legal world, our new visiting professors will bring the law to life along with giving our students a real time appreciation of its impact both intellectually and professionally

HHJ Angela Rafferty to join Goldsmiths’ Department of Law as a visiting Professor.

The three key values which are central to the role of judicial office holders (JOHs) in England and Wales are:
• Independence
• Impartiality
• Integrity

“Publicity is the very soul of justice. . . . It keeps the judge himself, while trying, under trial….Where there is no publicity there is no justice”

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