Terror suspect remanded in custody

Forensic officers outside scene of the police raid

A man arrested in a raid where a police officer died has appeared in court charged with terrorist offences.

Libyan Khalid Alwerfeli, 29, has been charged under the Terrorism Act 2000 with possession of articles for terrorist purposes and possession of documents or records for terrorist purposes.

He was remanded in custody for a week by Bow Street magistrates on Monday morning.

Mr Alwerfeli was arrested last Tuesday during a raid on a flat in Crumpsall Lane, Manchester, in which Det Con Stephen Oake died from multiple stab wounds to his upper body and chest.

He walked into court with his arms folded, wearing a navy blue sweater and jogging trousers.

Mr Alwerfeli sat in the dock with his hands clasped between his knees and listened intently to an interpreter during the 10-minute hearing.

He then stood and gave the court his address as Crumpsall Lane, Manchester.

New legislation

Kamel Bourgass, 27, appeared in court on Friday charged with the murder of father-of-three Mr Oake and the attempted murder of four other officers.

He has been remanded in custody to appear at the Old Bailey on 27 January.

The third man detained at the Crumpsall Lane flat was detained under the Anti-Terrorism, Crime and Security Act (ATCSA) - the new legislation brought in after September 11.

Scotland Yard said a fourth man, in his early 30s, who handed himself in to police in Manchester the day after the raid and was arrested under the Terrorism Act 2000, has been released by police and passed into the custody of the Immigration Service.