A man has been found guilty of helping a British jihadist in Syria who laughed about Islamic State beheadings in a BBC Newsnight interview and vowed only to return to the UK "if I wanna go plant a bomb somewhere".

Mohammed Saboor, 25, was on trial at the Old Bailey accused of planning to send a pair of ballistic glasses to Omar Hussain after he travelled to the war-torn nation in December 2013.

Saboor was found guilty of the terrorism funding offence after the jury deliberated for 40 minutes.

The jury was not told about Hussain's interview with the BBC programme, broadcast in August 2014, in which he was identified as Awlaki in reference to the dead al Qaida cleric Anwar Al Awlaki.

It can now be reported that Hussain told a journalist he was fighting for the return of the "Caliphate" and laughed when he confirmed that Islamic State had beheaded three of four people, displaying their heads in the town centre.

Hussain told the programme: "Bring your soldiers, your American soldiers, your British soldiers, being them all to Isis. We'll send them back one by one in corpses.

"I hate the UK, the only reason why I would intend to return back to the UK is if I wanna go plant a bomb somewhere."

During the trial, jurors heard that Saboor escorted Hussain to Gatwick Airport, where his friend claimed to police that he was travelling to Turkey to do aid work.

But by January last year, Saboor was well aware that Hussain was in fact fighting for Islamic State (IS) in Syria.

The following month the pair, who maintained contact through WhatsApp messages and phone, began discussing the purchase of ballistic glasses.

Prosecutor Alison Morgan said: "These glasses are clearly of use to someone engaged in warfare, protecting the wearer from shrapnel injuries to the eyes.

"They are usually used by soldiers or paramilitary police officers. They have, of course, no conceivable use to someone carrying out charitable aid."

On February 6, Saboor asked his friend what size he needed and what his prescription was.

Hussain replied the following day, saying he did not know, but later on Saboor allegedly sent pictures of the eyewear, and details of the specifications that were available.

In a message Saboor wrote: "Snt pictures. Guna get this made for you inshaAllah (God willing). Protects against shrapnels against ur eyes and ur glasses will also saved so need to know how bad ur sight so glasses width also same as the 1z u wearing know.

"U also have a black one for sun and yellow one for cloudy weather ... Anways these glasses same as Kafirs army lots."

Jurors heard that Saboor's car was later seen in Churchill Way, Nelson, Lancashire, near an Army surplus shop called Boyce's.

Officers confirmed the shop sold ballistic glasses, but it is not known what happened between February 7 and February 21, and whether the glasses in the picture - which cost between £30 and £40 - were purchased by Saboor.

When questioned by police in December 2014, the defendant claimed that, as far as he knew, Hussain had travelled to carry out charitable aid work.

But during the trial, Saboor, who declined to give evidence, accepted that by January 29 last year he knew Hussain was associated with armed groups opposed to Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime.

An email sent by Hussain to the defendant referred to "NJ Camp" - Jabaat Al Nusra, the al Qaida group fighting in Syria - and "d-camp", meaning IS.

The defendant also accepted that he knew what the terms meant and he supported his friend in his intentions to fight with IS.

Saboor, of High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, denied the charge of entering into an arrangement to make property available to another, knowing or having reasonable cause to suspect that the property would or might be used for purposes of terrorism.