Airport worker on terror handbook charges is remanded

AN ASIAN woman who worked at Heathrow airport was remanded in custody yesterday charged with hoarding terrorist handbooks, including weapons manuals and information about deadly poisons.

Samina Malik, 22, who was a shop assistant at WH Smith at Heathrow, was allegedly found with an al-Qaeda manual, a terrorist handbook and the Mujahideen Poison Handbook on her computer hard drive. She is also accused of possessing a sniper rifle manual, a firearms manual, a handbook for rocket-propelled weapons and a document entitled "How To Win Hand-To-Hand Fighting".

She was arrested on 27 October and charged with four offences under the Terrorism Act 2000.

Her lawyer indicated she would plead not guilty to all charges. Malik will face the court again, via videolink, next week.