London woman, 22, admits posting 45,000 Tweets supporting ISIS in less than a year - including pictures of dead bodies and instructions for children to pick up weapons

• Alaa Abdullah Esayed posted 45,600 tweets supporting ISIS to followers
• Some posts included pictures of the dead bodies of jihadi fighters 
• Others quotes a poem advising parents how to raise children to be violent
• Esayed, 22, could face 14 years in prison after she admitted encouraging terrorism and disseminating terrorist publications

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Alaa Abdullah Esayed admitted encouraging terrorism by posting 45,000 tweets supporting ISIS

A woman posted tens of thousands of Tweets supporting ISIS which included pictures of dead bodies and encouraging children to arm themselves with weapons.

Alaa Abdullah Esayed, from south London, uploaded 45,600 tweets in less than a year.

Some of the messages she posted between June 1 2013 and May 14 2014, included pictures of the corpses of fighters killed in Syria which she uploaded to her Instagram account.

Her tweets also included a poem 'Mother of the Martyr' which advises parents how to raise a child to be violent with weapons and learn jihad. 

Esayed pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey to encouraging terrorism under the Terrorism Act 2006 and disseminating terrorist publications.

She could face up to 14 years in prison for the offences.  

The 22-year-old posted around 127 messages a day to her 8,534 followers.

The Iraqi national refused to stand while the charges were read out.

Esayed was arrested on June 3 2014, and was granted bail at an earlier hearing. She appeared wearing the full face veil, alongside her father, and spoke only to enter her guilty pleas.

She admitted encouraging terrorism by publishing the posts, together with photographs and video links which she 'intended or was reckless as to whether members of the public would be directly or indirectly encouraged or otherwise induced by the statement to commit, prepare or instigate acts of terrorism or Convention offences.'

A second charge accused her of disseminating terrorist publications. Both offences carry maximum penalties of seven years in prison. 

In her basis of plea Miss Esayed, said: 'I accept I published a series of posts on Twitter and Instagram and in doing so I was reckless as to whether members of the public would be directly or indirectly encouraged or otherwise induced by the statement to commit, prepare or instigate acts of terrorism or [European] Convention offences.

I accept that via my Twitter account I provided a service to others that enables them to obtain, read listen to or look at a terrorist publication, namely by providing links to poems and other propaganda and at the time of doings so I was reckless as to whether members of the public would be directly or indirectly encouraged or otherwise induced by the statement to commit, prepare or instigate acts of terrorism or Convention offences.'

Esayed will be sentenced on May 18 and was released on conditional bail.