Notoriety ‘badge of honour’ for radical preacher

(BBC) Anjem Choudary regarded being the number one radicaliser in Britain as a “badge of honour,” jurors have heard.

Choudary, 57, from east London, is on trial at Woolwich Crown Court, facing charges including that he “directed” the group Al-Muhajiroun, which is banned under UK terror laws.

Khaled Hussein, 29, from Edmonton in Canada, is also in the dock accused of being a member of a banned organisation.

Both deny the charges.

On Friday, Tom Little KC continued opening the prosecution’s case.

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