'Human bomb' woman freed from court

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Houria Chahed Chentouf, 41, from Manchester, was sentenced to two years in prison for the terror-related offence but walked free from court after serving her time on remand.

Officers found the chilling note written by Moroccan-born Chentouf at her home in Holland.

It indicated she was prepared to sacrifice her life and that of her children for the sake of her religion. She wrote: "Myself and my children would seek revenge, we would be bombs for the sake of this religion, may Allah forgive you."

The court heard Chentouf suffers from a mental illness, triggered by the death of a family member and has previously self-harmed.

Her extremist views were discovered when she accidentally dropped a pen drive computer storage device containing terror-related documents while she was being questioned at Liverpool's John Lennon Airport.

On October 16 last year she was randomly stopped and searched by officers after she landed on an easyJet flight from Amsterdam, Manchester Crown Court heard. The memory stick had been tied to the inner sleeve of her burka but fell out as she reached down to scratch her leg.

Chentouf was released but arrested the following day at her rented home in Reynell Road, Longsight, Manchester. More than 7,000 files were found on the pen drive, including an explosives manual for the "Brothers of the Mujahadeen", the court heard.

It was described by police as "a mini encyclopaedia of weapons making" and amounted to a step-by-step guide on how to create a bomb. She had identified suitable targets as sports grounds, cinemas, colleges and bus stations, the court was told. Another document contained information about the military use of electronics.

Chentouf pleaded guilty to two offences of possessing documents likely to be useful for a terrorist.