An Alberta judge said a man who willingly joined an Islamic State group in the Middle East over a decade ago knew what he was doing and found him guilty Monday of three counts of participation in a terrorist group.

Jamal Borhot, who is now 35, was convicted after being charged with travelling to Syria in 2013 to assist in the terrorist activities of ISIS.

“The accused knew he was part of a terrorist organization and knew their goals,” Justice Corina Dario told Borhot in Court of King’s Bench Monday.

“The accused knew of or was willfully blind that this was a terrorist group. He was prepared to kill for his beliefs.”

Borhot is accused of travelling to Syria with his cousin Hussein Borhot in 2013 to fight for the Islamic State , entering the country illegally through Turkey.

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