Video on student's phone 'too graphic' to be played in court

A video clip found on a phone belonging to a radical Muslim student convicted of planning to join rebel fighters in Syria was "so graphic and shocking" it could not be played in court.

During David Souann's trial, Prosecutor Sarah Whitehouse QC told the Old Bailey the clip on his phone featured a young-looking man kneeling with his head held back as another man cut his throat.

Documents were also found on the 20-year-old's laptop which revealed his "extremist sympathies" and that he had not only been fighting in Syria before but was intending to return.

Remanding Souaan in custody at the Old Bailey today until sentencing on February 3, Judge Peter Rook told him: "You have been convicted of a very serious offence indeed. You must understand that you will be receiving a custodial sentence in this case."