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Finsbury Park: 'Far right contact' before van attack Finsbury Park: 'Far right contact' before van attack
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A man accused of driving a van into a crowd near a London mosque in June 2017 had contact with far-right groups, a jury at Woolwich Crown Court has heard.A man accused of driving a van into a crowd near a London mosque in June 2017 had contact with far-right groups, a jury at Woolwich Crown Court has heard.
Prosecutors said Darren Osborne, 48, received a Twitter message from Britain First deputy leader Jayda Fransen.Prosecutors said Darren Osborne, 48, received a Twitter message from Britain First deputy leader Jayda Fransen.
They said he also had a email from an English Defence League-linked account. They said he also had an email from an English Defence League-linked account.
Mr Osborne, from Cardiff, denies murder and attempted murder. He is accused of hitting worshippers in Finsbury Park, killing one man and injuring nine.Mr Osborne, from Cardiff, denies murder and attempted murder. He is accused of hitting worshippers in Finsbury Park, killing one man and injuring nine.
Prosecutor Jonathan Rees QC has been outlining Mr Osborne's activity on the internet before the attack on 19 June last year in which Makram Ali, 51, died.Prosecutor Jonathan Rees QC has been outlining Mr Osborne's activity on the internet before the attack on 19 June last year in which Makram Ali, 51, died.
He said the defendant made several searches on the internet for Britain First leader Paul Golding, his deputy Ms Fransen, and Tommy Robinson, one of the EDL's founders, after the London Bridge attack on 3 June.He said the defendant made several searches on the internet for Britain First leader Paul Golding, his deputy Ms Fransen, and Tommy Robinson, one of the EDL's founders, after the London Bridge attack on 3 June.
Mr Osborne later received an invitation to a demonstration from an account using the name Tommy Robinson calling for participants to "stand up and say no more" to extremism.Mr Osborne later received an invitation to a demonstration from an account using the name Tommy Robinson calling for participants to "stand up and say no more" to extremism.
Mr Rees said: "No-one is suggesting it's him [Mr Robinson] in person but obviously people who follow Tommy Robinson."Mr Rees said: "No-one is suggesting it's him [Mr Robinson] in person but obviously people who follow Tommy Robinson."
The invitation referred to the bombing by Salman Abedi at the Manchester Arena in May, saying the incident was "not the beginning and it won't be the end", the court heard.
Opening the trial on Monday, Mr Rees said Mr Osborne had become "obsessed" with Muslims and the Rochdale grooming scandal after watching a BBC TV drama.
He said it was believed Mr Osborne had been planning to target a march in central London, organised by the Islamic Human Rights Commission, on 18 June but was prevented by road closures that were put in place.
'Aggressive' talk'Aggressive' talk
The court was told about events in a pub near Cardiff two days before the attack. Mr Ali had collapsed in Finsbury Park shortly before he was hit by the van alleged to have been driven by Mr Osborne and the jurors were shown footage of the vehicle striking a group which had come to his aid on the street.
Soldier Callum Spence said he heard Mr Osborne talking aggressively about Muslims. The court also saw video footage taken from inside a pub near Cardiff, two days before the attack.
Soldier Callum Spence, who had been in the Hollybush Pub in Pentwyn, said he heard Mr Osborne talking aggressively about Muslims.
Mr Spence told the court: "He was pretty mumbling, but I heard him saying, 'All our families are going to be Muslim. They are all going to be terrorists.' Things like that."Mr Spence told the court: "He was pretty mumbling, but I heard him saying, 'All our families are going to be Muslim. They are all going to be terrorists.' Things like that."
He told Mr Osborne to leave the Hollybush Pub in Pentwyn, he added, and when he later helped to escort him out, the defendant said: "I'm going to take things into my own hands". He told the court: "He just wasn't really all there. He wasn't looking at me. I tried to make eye contact with him but that did not work."
The trial continues. He said he told Mr Osborne to leave and when he helped to escort him out of the premises, the defendant said: "I'm going to take it into my own hands".
In a statement read to the jury, the pub's assistant manager, Angelo Lamberti, said he had heard Mr Osborne "tell the soldier that he was also a soldier. The soldier asked him what regiment he was in, to which he replied, 'you will find out tomorrow'."
He added: "When he said to the soldier you will find out tomorrow, I wish I had called the police."
The trial was adjourned until Wednesday.