FINALLY RETIRING

The jury in the trial of five men allegedly involved in terrorism camps has retired to consider its verdicts.

Mohammed Hamid, of east London, and four others deny charges related to the use of what prosecutors say were camps to groom young Muslim men for violence.

During the three month trial, the jury heard that Mr Hamid was a close friend of the ringleader of the failed suicide attacks in London on 21 July 2005.


...Joel Bennathan QC, for Hamid, said his client was not a terrorist but a fantasist.

He said his behaviour, including his joking around witnessed on film in court, was more akin to a Carry On film that a sinister plot...