Family to fight seizure of home under terror laws

The family of a man convicted of attempting to recruit men to fight British soldiers in Afghanistan will go to court in a bid to save their home in Manchester. Munir Farooqi received four life sentences in September 2011 for inciting jihad.

But now his 4 bedroomed property in Longsight is set to become the first to be seized in the UK under terrorism laws. The Terrorism Act 2000 entitles the courts to take property owned or under the control of terrorists at the time of an offence.

The family and their supporters claim three generations will be left homeless if the house, which is not registered in Munir Farooqi's name, is seized.