A small boat migrant set out to carry out a knife terror attack on London's Israeli embassy after his asylum claim was rejected, a court heard today.

Kuwait-born Abdullah Albadri, 34, is accused of plotting a terror attack in Kensington in revenge for the killing of children in Gaza on April 28 last year.

The 34-year-old attempted to break into the Israeli embassy armed with two knives and a martyrdom note, but he was stopped by armed police after leaping on an eight-foot fence surrounding the building, it was said.

Today, the Old Bailey heard how Albadri was 'almost successful in his attempt', but diplomatic protection officers grabbed him before he could get inside the building and fulfil his ambition to 'use or threaten serious violence against the Israeli government, to exact revenge for its alleged murder of children'.

Albadri is said to have later told police, 'that he wanted to send a message, to stop the killing of children, to stop the war'.

Catherine Pattison, prosecuting, said: 'The existence and contents of his suspected martyrdom note, along with his possession of two knives, and material downloaded from his mobile phone, demonstrate his intention to use violence against people inside the Israeli embassy and sacrifice his own life in the process - to die, in his words, 'for the glory of God'.'

The court heard that the homeless asylum seeker had made a series of attempts to gain entry to the UK.

He arrived in Dover via a small boat in 2021 and applied for permission for remain, but failed to attend a Home Office interview in 2023.

Jurors were told that Albadri re-entered the UK on a small boat from France on April 12 last year, just days before the embassy attack.

He was given temporary accommodation at a hotel in Basingstoke and applied for asylum claiming he was a 'human rights activist' who had been arrested in Kuwait in 2011.

On April 24 Albadri told an associate that the Home Office had refused his claim for asylum and he didn't have money to pay for a train ticket to Liverpool to make further submissions for an appeal.

The same day he is alleged to have started researching the location of the Israeli Embassy.

Ms Pattison told jurors that the defendant was no longer focused on his application and had more 'sinister' plans.

She said: 'You might want to consider why is it when things are not going too well with his asylum application, that Abdullah Albadri is searching for and looking at the location of the Israeli Embassy.

'The Israeli Embassy does not have anything to do with him, or his application.'

He also allegedly searched in Arabic for weapons including a Palestinian sniper.

The court heard that the defendant had messaged his mother saying he was going to be 'martyred in the way of Allah' shortly before the attack.

The prosector said: 'Mr. Albadri's number one focus has shifted. His application for asylum has been rejected. He does not have the funding to pay for a train ticket for his scheduled appointment in Liverpool to discuss any possible appeal.

'The solicitor he has been in contact with only accepts private paying clients. A possible option to apply for legal aid does not appear to be of interest. He is no longer interested in seeking asylum, getting married and having children in this country. His intentions now could not be more different.'

By April 28 Albadri's asylum application had been refused, the court was told.

Later that day Albadri donned sunglasses and a traditional shemagh headscarf before heading to the embassy, sending a message to his uncle to ask him to take care of his mother.

After he was detained, Albadri allegedly told police he had two knives and said: 'I wanna make a crime inside there, why are you stopping me? Why are you stopping me from making crimes?'

He asked the officers 'why didn't you let me in?', adding 'I didn't do what I wanted to do'.

Albadri, of no fixed address, denies preparation of terrorist acts and two counts of possession of a bladed article in a public place.

The trial continues.