Preacher Anjem Choudary says he performed marriage for Woolwich killer Choudary is accused of directing a banned terrorist group after his release from jail for encouraging support for ISIS.

(Sky News) Islamist preacher Anjem Choudary has told a court he performed a marriage ceremony for one of the Woolwich killers.

Choudary is accused of directing a banned terrorist group called al Muhajiroun after his release from jail for encouraging support for ISIS.

He was giving evidence in his defence at Woolwich Crown Court when he was asked why he had described the killing of Fusilier Lee Rigby in May 2013 as “famous.”

Choudary told the court the killing, filmed by members of the public outside Woolwich barracks, had put the area “on the map.”

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