Prosecutors presented al-Qaeda documents found in Osama bin Laden’s Pakistan compound at the trial of a man charged in a British terrorism plot.

A UK-based Pakistani terrorism suspect was among several young recruits under orders by al Qaida to infiltrate Western society and pull off the biggest operation since the September 11 2001 attacks, a prosecutor has said in opening statements.

A PAKISTANI man planned to bomb Manchester city centre as part of a wider al-Qaida plot to carry out attacks in Britain, the US and Norway, a London court was told yesterday.

A man described as an “al Qaida operative” and another labelled as “willing to participate” in his plans today won the right to stay in the UK.

A man described as an “al-Qaida operative” and another labelled as “willing to participate” in his plans today won the right to stay in the UK.