An Islamic terrorist who plotted to blow up a passenger jet has complained that he is not allowed to use Skype to make low-cost phone calls from jail.
Rajib Karim, 32, wants to use the system, which offers cheap international calls from phones as well as free video link-ups, to contact friends and family in Bangladesh.
But officials at maximum security HMP Frankland in Durham barred the move saying it would pose a serious security risk.
One source said: “This guy planned on killing hundreds of people. He is a former British Airways software engineer who knows a lot about computers and telecommunications. The last thing he should be given access to is a computer or method of free communication.”
Karim was jailed for 30 years last year after being found guilty of planning a 9/11-style terror attack with former al-Qaeda warlord Anwar al-Awlaki.
Trial judge Mr Justice Calvert-Smith branded him a committed jihadist” who hid his true beliefs and was willing to die to further his evil cause.
In a letter to prisoners’ magazine Inside Time, the terrorist said: “The international call rates cost a lot using the prison system and the Skype option looked like a perfect solution.”
He was ordered to make do with a prison-issue phone card which allows inmates to use a personal identification number to access payphones. - Daily Mail