A man accused of carrying out a terror attack at London mosques had hoped to kill Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, he has told a court.
Darren Osborne, of Cardiff, deliberately mowed down Muslims outside two mosques in north London using a van early on June 19 last year, prosecutors allege.
The 48-year-old, taking to the witness stand to give evidence on Tuesday, said he met with two people called Dave and Terry Jones.
The trio had planned to target the Al Quds march, expressing support for Palestinians, in London, which they believed Corbyn would be attending, Woolwich Crown Court heard.
The defendant, who denies being the driver of the vehicle involved in the Finsbury Park collision, said he met Terry and Dave in Grosvenor Square on June 18, where the Al Qud march was due to finish.
Darren Osborne is accused of driving a van into a crowd of people near a north London mosque. Source: Julia Quenzler
When Prosecutor Jonathan Rees QC asked if he wanted to kill Corbyn, Osborne said yes and that he'd have killed London Mayor Sadiq Khan too if he'd been at the demonstration.
He said "road blocks" had "thwarted their plans" to disrupt the demonstration, and they later met again in Finsbury Park where they looked for a mosque.
Osborne said he was earlier driving the van, but was in the footwell of the passenger seat removing his trousers before the collision near two mosques.
Defence barrister Lisa Wilding QC said: "Did you know who was the driver of the van?"
The defendant replied: "A guy called Dave."
Asked if he had contact with Terry and Dave after the attack, Osborne told the court: "We were planning to form a group, like the Welsh far-right group.
Osborne denies the murder of Makram Ali, 51, and the attempted murder of those standing outside the mosque.
