Men in court on terrorism charges

The offences are alleged to have occurred on or before 4 October

Two men accused of having cash assets of almost £1m for terrorist purposes have appeared in court.

Adam Mohamed, 28, of Chessington, and Imad Shoubaki, 31, of Merton, both London, were remanded in custody by City of Westminster Magistrates' Court.

They are charged with conspiring to possess money for terrorism, an offence under the Terrorism Act 2000.

The men, arrested after police searches of homes and businesses, will next appear at the Old Bailey on 25 October.

Computer files

Mr Mohamed is also charged with having a computer disk with a file containing a book called Zaad e Mujahid "for a purpose connected with the commission, preparation or instigation of an act of terrorism".

Mr Shoubaki faces the same charge and one of possessing another computer file entitled "How to become an assassin".

He is also accused of possessing a document in a computer file detailing how to make explosives.