Shoe-bomber Richard Reid dreams that Allah will set him free, his prison letters reveal today.

The alleged al-Qaida terrorist dubbed the 20th hijacker was today due to tell a US court how he would plead.

The alleged ‘‘shoe bomber’’ Richard Reid was today preparing to appear in a US court as his parents spoke of their shock that he had apparently tried to bring down a passenger plane.

The head of the London mosque where alleged ‘‘shoe’’ bomber Richard Reid worshipped today warned that other Muslim youths were in danger of falling prey to extremists.