A woman accused of poisoning a three-year-old boy used tens of thousands of pounds in legal aid to try to keep her alleged terror connections secret.

Taxpayer-funded lawyers argued that Scotland Yard should not gain access to woman's files after she repeatedly contaminated an intravenous tube which was being used to treat the child.

It is claimed that the woman, who cannot be named, also planned to take the boy to Syria, where his father is alleged to be fighting alongside the Islamic State.