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A woman who was caught with a computer memory stick containing documents on how to make explosives has pleaded guilty to terror charges. | |
Houria Chahed Chentouf, 41, admitted two counts of possessing documents likely to be useful for a terrorist purpose at Manchester Crown Court. | |
Officers found the stick stitched into her clothes when she was stopped at Liverpool John Lennon Airport in 2008. | |
The Moroccan national was arrested at her home in Manchester the next day. | |
The stick contained about 7,000 documents, some of them containing details on making explosives and setting up a terrorist cell. | |
Chentouf was charged under the Terrorism Act 2000 following her arrest on the evening of 17 October by Greater Manchester Police. | Chentouf was charged under the Terrorism Act 2000 following her arrest on the evening of 17 October by Greater Manchester Police. |
The mother-of-six lived in The Hague for more than 20 years and the Dutch authorities were also involved in the inquiry. | |
She appeared at Manchester Crown Court on Monday morning and will be sentenced later. |