You actually set up a meeting to speak with a man you barely know to discuss some random drunken interaction at a party ? Did you wear one of your wife ' s dresses to the meet up ? <| sep |> Read your comment an former santas and thought yeah , that ' s what is fucking says dumbass what the fuck is wrong with ME ? <| sep |> Anyone remember stick death ? <| sep |> The jihadists suspected of carrying out the bomb and gun attacks in Paris and Brussels used British benefits payments to fund international terrorism , a court has heard . Mohamed Abrini who became known as the man in the hat following the deadly attack on Brussels airport in March , was handed 3 , 000 by two men in Birmingham before flying to Paris and disappearing . He had been sent to collect the money by Abdelhamid Abaaoud , who is suspected of being one of the ringleaders of the attacks across the French capital just months later in which 130 people were killed . Zakaria Bouffassil , 26 , from Birmingham is accused of handing over the cash which had been withdrawn from the bank account of Anouar Haddouchi , a Belgian national , who had been claiming benefits while living in the West Midlands with his wife . Kingston Crown Court heard how thousands of pounds of taxpayers ' money continued to be paid into Haddouchi ' s bank account , even after he had left Britain for Syria and had begun fighting for Islamic State in Iraq and Levant Isil . Mr Bouffassil , 26 , who is also originally from Belgium is accused of giving Abrini a large amount of cash during a secretive meeting in a Birmingham park last July . He was accompanied by Mohamed Ali Ahmed , who has already admitted the charge . On the opening day of their trial , jurors heard how some of the most notorious and wanted terrorists in Europe had used British taxpayers ' money to fund their activities in Syria and elsewhere . Max Hill QC , prosecuting , said There is no doubt that the money was handed over with the intention of assisting acts of terrorism . He went on The intention could not be more clear . Haddouchi had left the UK to fight for Daesh in Syria . Abrini came to collect the money in the UK . The destination would include Syria and specifically Daesh , either to Haddouchi himself or to other fighters . In other words the cash was handed over to Abrini with the intention of assisting others to commit acts of terrorism . Mr Hill explained that Haddouchi had left Britain for Syria in the summer of 2014 . He told the jury His TSB account at times contained some 7 , 000 or more . The figure fluctuated over time because benefits payments were still going into the account , even though Haddouchi had left the country . He said the money had been gradually withdrawn in cash sums on various dates between 30 May 2015 and 23 November 2015 . Mohamed Abrini , the ' man in the hat ', pictured on security camera footage on the day of the bombings in MarchThe court heard how Abrini , who is from the notorious Molenbeek district of Brussels , had travelled to Syria via Turkey in early 2015 following the death of his Isil fighter brother . While he was there he met Abaaoud who he claims asked him to travel to Birmingham to collect some money from a contact . The court heard that he flew into Heathrow on July 9 last year , checking into a hotel in Paddington , before travelling to Birmingham by coach . He then asked a taxi driver to take him to a cheap hotel in the Muslim area , where he waited for further contact . After three days in the West Midlands Abrini was told to go to a park in the Small Heath area of the city where he was to meet two men . Describing the meeting , Mr Hill explained He waited for about ten minutes and the person arrived . The person told him to follow him while keeping a distance of around 10 to 15 metres . He did as he was told . They crossed the park and then walked outside the park and crossed a bridge which passes over a motorway . After the bridge they went into a little forest . There was second person in the forest and he had the money . Abrini said Boufassil had told him it had taken so long to organise the meeting because he had to verify with Syria that he was not an imposter . The court heard that hours after collecting the money , Abrini visited the Grosvenor Casino in Birmingham where he took a photograph of a gambling machine on his mobile phone . Mr Hill said the actual use of the money is ' not part of the criminal offence charged against ' Boufassil and , even if Abrini did gamble some of the money in a casino , ' that does not undermine the criminal offence . Even terrorists spend money on food and drink , whether in a casino or elsewhere , he explained . Abrini then travelled to Manchester where he spent the night before trying to catch a flight to Paris . However when he discovered there were no direct flights he returned to Birmingham by coach before finally leaving the UK on July 16 . In March this year Abrini captured on CCTV alongside Ibrahim El Bakraoui and Najim Laachraoui , who detonated bombs hidden in suitcases killing 12 people at Brussels airport . Another 20 people died in an attack on Maalbeek metro station less than two hours later . Jurors were also told he is also wanted by the French authorities in connection with the attacks in Paris last November . Boufassil denies one charge of engaging in conduct in preparation for acts of terrorism and the trial continues .