(ITV) A man accused of a terror plot was “very happy” running an Italian restaurant in Norfolk before he moved to the north-west of England, where he allegedly planned to target a mass gathering of Jews, a court has heard.
Tunisian national Walid Saadaoui, 38, is said to have wanted to cause “untold harm” and kill as many Jewish people as he could in a gun atrocity.
The married father-of-two denies preparing acts of terrorism between December 2023 and May last year.
Giving evidence on Tuesday at Preston Crown Court, Saadaoui told jurors how he came to the UK in 2012 with his first wife, Jane, who he met in his home country, where he worked as a hotel entertainer helping to stage dance shows, quiz contests and water aerobics.
