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Wife 'was abused by bomb plotter' Wife 'was abused by bomb plotter'
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The wife of a man convicted of plotting to bomb aircraft was hit so hard by her husband that imprints of his fingers were left on her face, a jury heard.The wife of a man convicted of plotting to bomb aircraft was hit so hard by her husband that imprints of his fingers were left on her face, a jury heard.
Cossor Ali told Inner London Crown Court she had felt her identity was being "erased" at his hands.Cossor Ali told Inner London Crown Court she had felt her identity was being "erased" at his hands.
She became scared of her husband, Abdulla Ahmed Ali, she said.She became scared of her husband, Abdulla Ahmed Ali, she said.
Mrs Ali, 28, of Walthamstow, east London, denies failing to pass on information that would be useful in preventing an act of terrorism. Mrs Ali, 28, of Walthamstow, east London, denies failing to pass on information about her husband's plans to blow up transatlantic jets.
Her husband was convicted in September of plotting to blow up transatlantic passenger jets using liquid explosives disguised as soft drinks. Her husband was jailed for 40 years in September after being convicted of plotting to blow up planes using liquid explosives disguised as soft drinks.
In her defence, Mrs Ali told the court she had grown up in a moderate household and had been taught to be proud of her parents' adopted country. The ringleader of the plot, he had identified seven US and Canada-bound flights to blow up over the Atlantic within a two-and-a-half-hour period.
But she said this changed when she married Ali in 2003, and moved into his family home, which she described as a "culture shock". As part of her defence, Mrs Ali told the court she had grown up in a moderate household and had been taught to be proud of her parents' adopted country.
But she said this changed when she married Ali in 2003 and moved into his family home, which she described as a "culture shock".
'Love bite''Love bite'
Jurors were told her husband punished her for failing to wear a veil, giving her a "love bite" on her face so she would not forget.Jurors were told her husband punished her for failing to wear a veil, giving her a "love bite" on her face so she would not forget.
The defendant said she found the transition from her family to her husband's "extremely, extremely difficult".The defendant said she found the transition from her family to her husband's "extremely, extremely difficult".
"I felt like my whole identity was being erased," she told the court. "I felt like my whole identity was being erased," Mrs Ali told the court.
The court was told she became scared of her husband, especially after he hit her during an argument.The court was told she became scared of her husband, especially after he hit her during an argument.
"He slapped me around the face. He really hit me, to the extent that I spun," she told the court, adding: "You could see the imprint of his fingers, you could actually see the hand shape.""He slapped me around the face. He really hit me, to the extent that I spun," she told the court, adding: "You could see the imprint of his fingers, you could actually see the hand shape."
I was shocked and disgusted that I was living with a man that could feel that much hate Cossor AliI was shocked and disgusted that I was living with a man that could feel that much hate Cossor Ali
She went to a police station with her parents following the incident, but she did not want to go through with prosecuting her husband.She went to a police station with her parents following the incident, but she did not want to go through with prosecuting her husband.
Mrs Ali told the court her husband had very different views on Islam and she was made to feel she was not a good Muslim.Mrs Ali told the court her husband had very different views on Islam and she was made to feel she was not a good Muslim.
And she said she had been "horrified" when she was shown the suicide tape he made as part of the bomb plot. And she said she had been "horrified" when she was shown the suicide tape he had made as part of the bomb plot.
"I was shocked and disgusted that I was living with a man that could feel that much hate and be like that," she told the court, adding: "I was horrified, it made me hate him.""I was shocked and disgusted that I was living with a man that could feel that much hate and be like that," she told the court, adding: "I was horrified, it made me hate him."
Mrs Ali told jurors she did not want either herself or her four-year-old son to ever have contact with her husband. Mrs Ali told jurors she did not want either herself or her four-year-old son to ever have contact with her husband again.
The trial continues.
"He forfeited his rights when he did this," she said."He forfeited his rights when he did this," she said.
Mrs Ali faces a charge of failing to pass on information that would be useful in preventing an act of terrorism.
The trial continues.The trial continues.