A so-called Islamic State (Isis) fanatic who faked a university degree to get a job at a hospital has been jailed for eight years and 10 months.

Ali Abdillahi, 31, disseminated terrorist propaganda over instant messaging app Telegram in July 2020, the Old Bailey was told.

It included recordings of an Islamist extremist preacher advocating armed jihad and two Isis videos showing executions and graphic violence.

The view count on the material ranged from 280 to 1,300, the court was told.Metropolitan Police handout photo of Ali Abdillahi, who has been jailed for eight years and 10 months, for faking a university degree to get a job at a hospital

Abdillahi’s devices were seized and examined after he was arrested at his home in Enfield, north London, in August 2020.

A notebook revealed his extremist mindset and a “pledge of allegiance” to Isis was uncovered on his mobile phone.

Abdillahi admitted five counts of disseminating a terrorist publication on the second day of his trial last November.

He had previously admitted perverting the course of justice by pretending to have a biomedical science degree from the University of Hertfordshire as part of a bail bid.

He also claimed to be studying for a master’s degree but withdrew his application after investigations showed the information was false.

Abdillahi admitted a further charge of fraud by false representation.

In July 2020, he put fake details on his CV to get work as a cardiographer through an agency, the court was told.

If it was not for a forged certificate and false details on his CV, Abdillahi would not have got the job at South London’s Croydon University Hospital.

However, there were no concerns raised about his work and he earned £2,100 before his employment ended upon his arrest on August 7 2020.

Dutch national Abdillahi was born in Somalia and has lived in the UK since the age of seven.

On Monday, Mr Justice Sweeney jailed him for eight years for disseminating terrorist publications, plus 10 months for perverting the course of justice.

He added a further three years on extended licence but imposed no separate sentence for the fraud charge.

Commander Richard Smith, who leads the Metropolitan Police’s Counter Terrorism Command, said: “Extremist propaganda online is extremely harmful and is a means by which terrorist groups seek to radicalise people all over the world.

“Abdillahi sent videos and recordings glorifying extremist violence to promote the hate-filled mindset he supported to others.

“Covid-19 restrictions were in force when the investigation was launched but this did not stop officers acting quickly and building a strong case against Abdillahi.”