A Bradford University student accused of planning to join a terror training camp claimed he only wanted to help out as a doctor, a jury heard.

Akbar Butt, 20, admitted getting angry while watching his "Muslim brothers and sisters" being oppressed in videos downloaded from the internet.

The Muslim student said he admired the work of the Mujihadeen as "strugglers" but insisted he never wanted to fight.

He and four other young Muslims are said to have downloaded martyrdom videos, Al-Qaeda instruction manuals and other extremist material to turn other youths into suicide fighters.

They inspired sixth-former Irfan Raja, 18, to leave home to fight jihad - but he returned after his parents threatened to kill themselves, the court has heard.

Butt is on trial with Raja, Aitzaz Zafar, 18, and Usman Malik, 19.

He told the jury watching videos of the struggles of Muslims around the world made him "feel like crying".

But seeing them fight back filled him with joy.

"It made me feel guilty that I wasn't there helping them," Butt told the court. "Not fighting them, but helping.

"My aspiration was to become a doctor. So when I used to watch the videos of people being oppressed and when it did get me angry, I thought of helping them.

"That was the first thing that came in to my mind, becoming a doctor."

Under cross-examination from prosecutor Jonathan Rees, Butt said he started watching the internet videos at the home of university friends Iqbal and Zafar in Grove Terrace, Bradford.

He said they taught him more of "what was going on in the world" and they would watch several videos each time he visited, which became an almost daily occurrence.

Butt bought his own laptop and began collecting his own Islamic material while he stayed at the university halls of residence, the court was told.

He would discuss the plight of Muslims with Zafar and Iqbal, but denied they decided they wanted to fight.

"I cannot specifically remember how they were going to help, but they must have said once or twice yeah I want to help'," Butt said.

Mr Rees asked him: "During these meetings did one of you suggest why don't we go and fight?'"

Butt replied: "I don't think anyone made that suggestion."

The jury has heard anti-terror police launched an investigation when Raja disappeared from his home in Ilford, east London, on February 24 last year to go and stay with the other defendants, all Bradford students, after befriending them on internet chatrooms.

Raja's parents found his suicide note and managed to talk him into coming home. They had already called in the police.

The case continues.

The charges in full:

The five defendants are all charged with possessing articles likely to be useful to terrorists, which were uncovered during raids on their homes.

Raja, of Holcombe Road, Ilford, denies two charges of possessing an article in circumstances that give rise to a reasonable suspicion that their purpose is connected to the commission, preparation or instigation of an act of terrorism, relating to three CDs containing Islamic material, between December 24, 2005, and February 28, 2006, and documents on a hard drive between January 1, 2005, and February 27, 2006.

Iqbal, a forensic science student, of Grove Terrace, Bradford, and Zafar, of Bishop Street, Rochdale, both deny possessing an article in circumstances that give rise to a reasonable suspicion that their purpose is connected to the commission, preparation or instigation of an act of terrorism between February 23 and March 3, 2006, relating to three CDs.

Iqbal alone denies possessing an article in circumstances that give rise to a reasonable suspicion that their purpose is connected to the commission, preparation or instigation of an act of terrorism between January 1, 2006, and March 3, 2006, relating to discs, a video recording and hard drive.

Zafar alone denies possessing an article in circumstances that give rise to a reasonable suspicion that their purpose is connected to the commission, preparation or instigation of an act of terrorism between January 1, 2006 and March 3, 2006, relating to the hard drives of two computers and four discs.

Malik, who lived with his parents in Francis Street, Wolverhampton, when he was not in university digs in Laisteridge Lane, Bradford, denies two counts of possessing an article in circumstances that give rise to a reasonable suspicion that their purpose is connected to the commission, preparation or instigation of an act of terrorism between January 1, 2006, and March 3, 2006, relating to a document and a USB drive.

Butt, of South Avenue, Southall, Middlesex, denies two counts of possessing an article in circumstances that give rise to a reasonable suspicion that their purpose is connected to the commission, preparation or instigation of an act of terrorism between January 1, 2006, and March 3, 2006, relating to the hard drive of a laptop.