A surrogate mother who claimed she miscarried the grandchild of Osama bin Laden has been jailed for three years and four months after faking pregnancies to rake in £15,000 (€18,750) from desperate couples.

A daughter of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden has taken refuge in the Saudi embassy in Tehran after eluding guards who have held her, her sister and four brothers under house arrest for eight years, it was reported.

OSAMA BIN LADEN’S son Omar was deported from Egypt yesterday after returning from a failed bid for political asylum in Spain, his British-born wife Zaina Alsabah bin Laden said.

A son of Osama bin Laden confirmed today he had married a British woman nearly twice his age, and voiced outrage at the publicity the wedding attracted.