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Appeal court leaves terrorist deportation plan in tatters The Appeal Court today dealt a huge blow to the Government's efforts to deport terror suspects when it blocked a bid to send Abu Qatada, known as al-Qaeda's spiritual ambassador in Europe, to Jordan.

Three judges also allowed appeals by two Libyan terror suspects against deportation on the grounds that they face a risk of ill-treatment and torture. After the ruling, the Government abandoned deportation proceedings against ten further Libyan nationals, effectively recognising that there is no chance of deporting suspects back to Tripoli.

Abu Qatada was described by the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC) as an Islamic extremist actively engaged in trying to change the regime in Jordan and with links to terrorist groups.

Conspirator ‘took new identity to join bomb plot The leader of a terrorist plot to blow up transatlantic airliners in mid-flight was a shadowy figure who came to Britain with his new wife posing as an Islamic missionary, a court was told.

Mohammed Gulzar entered the country on a false South African passport, apparently triggering an acceleration of the terror cell’s preparations for the attack. Two days after his arrival the gang paid £138,000 cash for the flat that became its “bomb factory” and began acquiring bombmaking materials, recruiting suicide bombers and recording “martyrdom” videos.