Syria terror suspect David Souaan had ‘horrific video’ on iPhone
Souaan, 20, was arrested at Heathrow airport in May

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Your support makes all the difference.A student accused of travelling to Syria to join rebel forces had a horrific video on his mobile phone of a young man having his throat cut, a court heard.
David Souaan, 20, was arrested at Heathrow airport in May before getting on a flight to Serbia, where his family home was.
When police seized his laptop and iPhone they found a mass of pictures, videos and documents revealing his “extremist sympathies” and that he had not only been fighting in Syria before but was intending to return, the Old Bailey heard.
Prosecutor Sarah Whitehouse QC said one video clip on his iPhone was “so graphic and so shocking” that it could not be played in court.
The son of a Serbian Christian mother and Syrian Muslim father, Souaan had come to the UK on a six-month visitor’s visa in 2012.
Souaan denies preparing for terrorist acts in Syria around the time he was stopped by police on May 31 this year.
The Old Bailey trial continues.