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Last Updated: Thursday, 13 September 2007, 15:28 GMT 16:28 UK
Terror trial awaits jury verdict
Alva arrest scene
Mr Siddique was arrested following a police operation in Alva
The jury in the trial of a man facing terror charges will resume its deliberations on Friday.

Mohammed Atif Siddique, from Alva, in Clackmannanshire, has denied four terrorism-related charges and a breach of the peace.

As the three-week trial neared its conclusion, judge Lord Carloway told the jury at the High Court in Glasgow to be "dispassionate".

The jury failed to reach a verdict on Thursday and was sent home for the day.

The judge had earlier urged jurors: "Do not allow yourself to be swayed by any prejudices."

The word terror has very emotive connotations. You have to put them out of your mind
Lord Carloway

Lord Carloway added: "Do not consider any sympathy for anyone in the case or views that you may have.

"The word terror has very emotive connotations. You have to put them out of your mind.

"You have to make a decision dispassionately and without emotion. Do not worry about the consequences, about people involved in the case."

The judge also said that material found in Mr Siddique's possession - such as videos and documents - were "essentially propaganda".

He added that it was the jury's role to decide if it had been proved beyond reasonable doubt that he had them for the "preparation, commission or instigation of an act of terrorism".

Further charges

Mr Siddique has been accused of possessing articles connected with the commission, preparation or instigation of an act of terrorism at his Alva home, Ibrox public library, Glasgow Metropolitan College and Glasgow Airport.

Alternatively, he has been charged with collecting items and recording information of a kind likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism.

Mr Siddique was further charged with providing instructions on using or making firearms and explosives through websites and distributing terrorist publications on websites to encourage acts of terrorism.

A further charge of a breach of the peace claims he showed students images of suicide bombers and beheadings by terrorists, threatened to become a suicide bomber and to carry out acts of terrorism in Glasgow or elsewhere.


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