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| Warrant for burka terror suspect Mohammed Ahmed Mohamed | Warrant for burka terror suspect Mohammed Ahmed Mohamed |
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| An arrest warrant has been issued for terror suspect Mohammed Ahmed Mohamed after he failed to appear in court. | An arrest warrant has been issued for terror suspect Mohammed Ahmed Mohamed after he failed to appear in court. |
| An Old Bailey judge issued the warrant for the 27-year-old, who absconded a week ago in London wearing a burka. | |
| He is facing charges over 20 alleged breaches of a terrorism prevention order, which restricts his movements. | He is facing charges over 20 alleged breaches of a terrorism prevention order, which restricts his movements. |
| Meanwhile, the government may seek to block his High Court claim for damages over allegations UK authorities were complicit in his torture in Somalia. | |
| Last Friday, CCTV footage captured him entering a mosque in west London in a jacket and trousers and then leaving with his face and body covered by the burka. | |
| Mr Mohamed is charged with six counts on one indictment, concerning alleged breaches of the terrorism prevention and investigation measures order (TPim) he has been under for almost two years. | |
| TPims restrict the movements of people thought to pose a risk to the public, but who cannot be tried for reasons of national security and who cannot be deported. | |
| It is alleged that Mr Mohamed failed to report to Acton police station, as required by the TPim, on December 22 to 25 and December 27 to 28 in 2012. | |
| He faces a further 14 counts on the second indictment relating to alleged breaches in 2011 of a control order, the predecessor to TPims. | |
| Among the charges, it is alleged he failed to report to a monitoring company, failed to report to Ipswich police station, met a person without agreement of the Home Office, and used an unauthorised mobile phone. | |
| Mr Mohamed's solicitor Gareth Peirce told the court she had "no reason for the defendant's non- appearance". | |
| Meanwhile, in the High Court, Mr Mohamed is claiming the UK authorities were complicit in his torture in Somalia in 2011. | |
| Mr Mohamed, a British citizen, travelled to Somalia in 2007 and was detained there with another man in January 2011, until their removal back to the UK in March of that year. | |
| James Eadie QC, appearing for the government, said Mr Mohamed had absconded from his Tpim and it could be an abuse of process to allow him to continue the claim. |