‘Islamic extremist’ loses plea over ban

A man security services say was the leading figure in “a close group of Islamic extremists based in north London” must be moved out of the capital to protect the public, the High Court ruled.

The man, who is subject to a control order and can only be referred to as “CD”, has attempted to obtain firearms, according to intelligence reports.

CD was reported to have attended the training camp organised by Muhammed Hamid, and also attended by the 21/7 bombers, at Baysbrown Farm in Cumbria in May 2004.

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Yesterday Mr Justice Simon said CD’s removal to an undisclosed address “in a Midland city” was “a necessary and proportionate measure to protect the public from the risk of what is an immediate and real risk of a terrorist-related attack”.

The risk was “significant”, notwithstanding the high level of protection implicit in his control order obligations.

It was the Home Office case that relocation was necessary to prevent meetings with his associates in London to plan attacks.

The judge said the family of CD, who is married with two children, were entitled to a travel allowance to visit him, but that did not mean such allowances should be made available in every relocation case.

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CD, who has dual British and Nigerian nationality, was served with a control order in February this year.

The 12-month order was imposed following Government assertions that putting him on trial risked revealing intelligence sources.

Yesterday his appeal against being banned from the capital was rejected at London’s High Court.

John Burton QC, appearing for CD, said his client had not denied his association with Muhammed Hamid. He questioned why it was necessary in February to relocate his client when he had been “subject to close attention” since 2004 in north London and subjected to a large number of restrictions.