Terror charge man freed on bail

Khalid Khaliq, 34, is accused of possessing an al Qaida training manual at his family home in Beeston, Leeds.

Possession of such a document, which may be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism, is outlawed by the Terrorism Act 2000. It carries a maximum 10-year jail sentence.

Wearing a long sleeved white T-shirt and flanked by two police officers in the dock, Khaliq spoke only to confirm his name and address at City of Westminster Magistrates Court in central London.

But his solicitor Nadeem Afzal told the court that his client denied the offence.

District Judge Caroline Tubbs adjourned the case to July 2 and released Khaliq, a single and unemployed father-of-three, on bail.

Khaliq was one of four people, including the widow of July 7 suicide bomber Mohammed Sidique Khan, who were arrested on May 9.

Hasina Patel, whose husband Khan was the ringleader of the bomb plot, was released without charge along with her brother Arshad Patel and Imran Motala.

London was thrown into chaos two years ago when four suicide bombers exploded devices in three packed rush-hour London Underground tube trains and a London bus.

The attacks killed 52 people, and the perpetrators - Khan, Shehzad Tanweer, Jermaine Lindsay and Hasib Hussain - all died.