Ziamani 'told girlfriend of plans to kill soldier'

A teenager told his girlfriend that he was planning to carry out a terrorist attack by murdering a "soldier or member of government', a court heard.

Brusthom Ziamani, 19, allegedly came to his girlfriend's home with a hammer and knife wrapped in a black Islamic flag in his bag, she told the Old Bailey.

"I asked why he had these and he said 'me and the brothers are planning a terrorist attack'. I said what, like a bomb or something and he said 'no, a soldier or a member of government.'"

She also said that Ziamani had shown her videos of people being killed in Syria and had tried to convince her to convert to Islam.

The girlfriend also claimed that the defendant once told her "I will wipe you out" during a row.

Ziamani, of Camberwell, London, denies a charge of preparing an act of terrorism on or before August 20 last year.