Laptop was for movies not terrorism Junaid Muhammed Thorne who has gone into hiding in Saudi Arabia after his brother was put in prison on terrorism charges. The mother of a Perth man being held in a Saudi Arabian jail accused of terrorism-related offences says there was no evidence in the case against her son. The woman, who did not want to be named told Radio 6PR she was concerned about her son, Shayden Thorne's well being. The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade says the 25-year-old, who had been living in Saudi Arabia since he was a child, was arrested in November 2011. Shayden Thorne, 25, is in custody facing allegations of terrorism. According to a department spokesman he was on trial for alleged terrorism-related offences and was detained in a prison outside the Saudi capital Riyadh. Mr Thorne's younger brother Junaid has also been drawn into the matter; he had his passport taken from him and is in hiding in Saudi Arabia. While there has been no verification of the exact charges that Mr Thorne has been jailed for, it is understood that he was allegedly found to be in possession of a laptop with terrorist related material on it. His mother, who moved back to Perth a year ago, said the laptop was borrowed from the mosque he attended. "That same laptop, he used to bring it around to the house because we had no TV at the time, he had all kinds of movies that he put on that laptop," she said. We'd sit and watch movies on it. I had no idea that (terrorism material) was on there. The woman said she did not believe her boys had been radicalised. "They are Muslims because they've been brought up to be Muslims but they're just like normal everyday young boys," she said. Not every Muslim is an extremist. She said she received a phone call from her jailed son each week and had visited him in jail twice before she returned to Australia. She said he could not speak openly to her when he called. The place is bugged. She said he had told her there were video cameras and listening devices There's not really much you can say. His mother said those at the prison used sleep deprivation as a form of torture. "They put him in this room at night," she said. They don't let him sleep, there are always lights shining on him. His mother said he is kept in the room with lights at night and then taken back to a solitary cell during the day. Junaid is understood to have told other relatives that his brother had suffered more severe treatment but that he did not want his mother knowing because she would worry. "I noticed that a few times that I visited him, his fingers were like swollen," she said. Mr Thorne's mother said her son's lawyer had told her there was no evidence to convict her son. She said she had was told that a final hearing would be held in May or June where a verdict would be given. Even if her eldest son is released from jail and is able to return to Australia, her younger son Junaid could remain in Saudi Arabia unless his situation changes. His mother said he had been in hiding since being jailed for a month. He took part in a protest to protest against the wellbeing of the prisoners in that political prison (where his brother is) and they arrested him, they arrested him on charges that he was filming that protest which is illegal. Junaid is understood to have told his mum that the officers checked his phone and there were no photos or footage on there but they imprisoned him anyway. When he was released it is believed that his passport was confiscated. They've taken his passport and they want him to come into the office for some reason and they are not telling him why, they are just saying we need to speak to you please come in. He's just afraid that they'll arrest him again. She said it was dangerous for Junaid to be in Saudi Arabia without identification, as police could ask for it anywhere he went and he would be arrested if he could not produce it straight away. He wants to come home but they have his passport and won't let him.