Neighbours of Abu Qatada have threatened to stop paying council tax if his family is not removed from the area.

Qatada was flown to Jordan in a private jet commissioned by the Home Office from RAF Northolt after a ten-year battle costing taxpayers £2 million.
But it is believed that his wife, two sons and two daughters will remain living in the UK.
Now residents in Stanmore, North-West London, where the family live, want them removed, saying they are ‘fed up’.

They have signed a petition threatening to refuse to pay council unless the family is evicted.

One neighbour in her 40s, who does not want to be identified, said that she and dozens of others have signed the petition, which they have submitted to Harrow Council. Harrow Council has not yet responded.

The family of Qatada, 53, moved into a four-bedroom detached house on the street about six months ago.

They are all believed to be living on benefits.

Qatada was living there too until March when he was re-arrested for breaching his strict bail conditions.

He has been in custody at maximum security Belmarsh prison in South-East London since then.
Another neighbour said: ‘Why should they stay here on benefits while we pay taxes.
'People like that should not have been allowed to live in this country.’
She added that residents were afraid of having such a dangerous terrorist’s family living in their midst.