Ex-British boxing champ arrested over helping IS terrorists travel to Syria

Former British boxing champion Anthony Small has reportedly been accused of helping two other men to travel to Syria to fight for the terrorist group Islamic State (IS) and has appeared in court for the same.

Small, a former British and Commonwealth boxing champion, was arrested after counter-terrorist police stopped a lorry at Dover on the way out of the country carrying 20 people hidden in the back.

Small appeared in court on Sunday with two other men accused of preparing acts of terrorism, support of a proscribed organisation and conspiracy to possess false identity documents, The Independent reported.

The other two men, Michael Coe of Central Park Drive, east London, and Simon Keeler of Solander Gardens, east London, were arrested at Dover on 30 November in the back of the lorry.

Small, who appeared in court with his right arm heavily bandaged, was arrested in a later raid in London after the lorry was stopped at Dover.

Small, who used the name Sugar Ray Clay Jones Jr in homage to his boxing heroes, turned professional in his early 20s and became the British and Commonwealth light middleweight champion in 2009.

Coe and Keeler were alleged to carrying forged documents that had allegedly been prepared by two other men, the report added.