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Lisa O'Carroll

Anjem Choudary back in custody for allegedly breaking bail conditions

Anjem Choudary
Anjem Choudary was charged in the summer with inviting support for a proscribed organisation. Photograph: Andy Rain/EPA

Radical preacher Anjem Choudary is back in custody after having his bail revoked.

Choudary, 48, appeared on Friday at Westminster magistrates court, which heard he had allegedly met an individual he had been ordered not to under the conditions of his bail.

He was charged in the summer with inviting support for a proscribed organisation, Islamic State.

Choudary, from Ilford, east London, and his co-accused, Mohammed Rahman, 32, of Whitechapel, east London, are due at the Old Bailey on 11 December, with a provisional trial date set for next year.

They are both charged with inviting support for the banned terror group Isis between 29 June 2014 and 6 March 2015, by posting on social media.

Choudary was released from the top-security Belmarsh prison in September after being granted bail by Mr Justice Saunders, who set out 10 strict conditions, including not using electronic devices, having a surety provided of £15,000 and non-association with co-defendants or others arrested in September 2014 or linked arrests in December 2014.

In his ruling, Saunders said his main concern was to avoid “anything being disseminated publicly by either of them or on their behalf which would encourage others to go to live in Syria as part of their religious duty”.

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