A Hamas supporter who threatened UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer with a knife emoji has been jailed for a year, reports PA Media.

Accountant and self-styled “keyboard warrior” Mohammed Nafees Ahmed, 32, dedicated his X, formerly Twitter, account to Gaza and Israel after the Hamas terrorist attack in which more than 1,100 people were killed last October 7.

He advocated “jihad” and antisemitic violence in the UK and abroad and failed to heed warnings by his wife to stop.

Among a stream of offensive posts, he addressed Sir Keir as the Labour leader marked Chanukah on X last December 8, saying: “You Zionist, your time will come (knife icon).”

The defendant had pleaded guilty to eight charges of supporting a proscribed terrorist organization.

On Thursday, Judge Nigel Lickley KC sentenced him at the Old Bailey to one year in jail and a further year on extended license.

Earlier, prosecutor Peter Ratliff said the charges related to a five-month period when Nafees Ahmed posted messages of an “antisemitic, violent and threatening nature."

At the time, the defendant had 19 followers but his account was open for anyone on the X platform to view, he said.