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British National Party leader Nick Griffin predicted Islamic terrorists would bomb major British cities, Leeds Crown Court has heard.

Mr Griffin, who faces four race-hate charges, and party activist Mark Collett, who faces eight, are accused of using words or behaviour likely to stir up racial hatred, in speeches in West Yorkshire, filmed in 2004 by undercover journalist Jason Gwynne, for the BBC documentary, The Secret Agent.

Both deny race hate charges

Mr Griffin forecasted attacks more than a year before the July 7th atrocities.

On Wednesday, the jury was shown footage of Mr Griffin's speech at Morley Town Hall, Leeds, on May 5th, 2004, in which he said: "There is going to be blood all over our streets."

He added: "We all know that sooner or later there's going to be Islamic terrorists letting off bombs in major cities, and it might not be London, it could just as easily be the White Rose Centre.?

He went on to claim the attacks were likely to be perpetrated by asylum seekers or ?second generation Pakistanis? living in Bradford.

"It's going to be done by them, and all the hatred that already exists between our community and their community, all that hatred's going to spill out, and so the other parties are just trying to keep the lid on the pressure cooker," he said.

In the video, Mr Griffin detailed the differences between the BNP and mainstream parties, saying: "We give people a choice, and that's what really scares them, and that's what they can't hack.

"Given a choice, people, huge numbers of people, growing numbers of people, are going to back us, and they look at that and they look at this hugely unstable situation they have created in this country of ours."

The trial was adjourned until Friday to allow more time for legal issues.

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