Teenager Muhammad Billal had paid for a gun when he was arrested getting Dubai flight

A teenager accused of researching ‘shooting ranges, ammunition vests, and crowded places’ on his iPhone, has refused to appear in court. Muhammad Billal, 18, who lives with his parents in Nelson, Lancashire, was arrested on 11 February after an investigation by counter terrorism police. Billal was charged with two counts of preparation to commit terrorist acts and four of viewing or assessing a document or record on the internet containing information useful to terrorism. He refused to appear at Westminster…