Mohammed Usman Saddique, 27, was stopped by police after getting out of a silver BMW outside his family home in Walthamstow, East London. Inner London Crown Court was told that Saddique was not alleged to be part of the conspiracy to blow up aircraft over the Atlantic but was arrested as part of the same police operation. When he was cautioned by police he is said to have told them: “You gotta be joking' but among a set of CDs on the desk in his attic bedroom, police found one labelled “mHacker' said to refer to “Master Hacker.' Richard Whittam QC, prosecuting, told the court the CD contained a number of folders including the Terrorist Handbook which contained “detailed instructions and advice on the availability and use of component parts for different types of explosives, including a list of useful household chemicals and availability.'
Another, called “bombs and more' contained “step-by-step instructions on mixing and making various types of primary and secondary explosives,' Mr Whittam said. He added: “If the chemicals recommended were difficult to obtain, it included household substitutes that could be obtained through more conventional means.' Other files included a document on detonators and another on “improvised munitions' which was described as “step by step instructions.'
Following his arrest in August 2006, Saddique made a statement through his solicitor in which he claimed that the computer equipment found in the house belonged to his brother, an IT analyst for a firm in the City of London. But interviewed by police officers, his brother is alleged to have told them the CD was not his.
Police also found a DHL courier receipt in the pocket of a black leather jacket hanging on a door in the hall dated February 2005 for the sending of a two-way radio to Pakistan. They also found a book called “Join the Caravan' by Sheikh Abdullah Azzam, which included a quote from Osama bin Laden and was described as a “source of inspiration to thousands of young Muslims to go and fight jihad [holy war].'
Inside a copy of the SAS Personal Survival Handbook, was a printed document that said: “I am appointing you to lead this army to test and try you.' Printed documents from the internet referred to al-Qaeda, Osama bin Laden and Mullah Omar, the leader of the Taliban.
Saddique is charged with engaging in conduct in preparation of terrorist acts in relation to the mHacker CD and two mobile phones and possessing a document or record containing information of a kind likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism. The case continues.