An al-Qaeda terror suspect was beaten by four police officers then put in a praying position and asked "Where is your God now?", a court heard yesterday.

Babar Ahmad, 36, was "submissive", wearing just pyjamas, when his house was raided in 2003.

Prosecutor Jonathan Laidlaw QC told ­Southwark crown court: "He remembers blows to his head."

They repeatedly grabbed his testicles, stamped on his feet and "twisted" his handcuffs, it is claimed.

They then allegedly took him to his prayer room – where shoes should be removed – with their boots on and "humiliated" him.

Det Con John Donohue, 36, and PCs Mark Jones, 43, Nigel Cowley, 33, and Roderick James-Bowen, 40, deny assault occasioning actual bodily harm.

Mr Ahmad, an IT technician from Tooting, South London, is awaiting extradition to the US.

The case continues.