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Constance defended the government's record, highlighting revamped community payback orders, electronic monitoring, home detention curfews and bail and release reforms.

He has been repeatedly denied bail, with a judge saying he was a “determined and resolute young man” who would likely continue to commit “acts endangering national security” should he be released.

He has not posted a $25,000 bail as of Monday afternoon and is awaiting a court hearing Wednesday at the Murrieta Southwest Justice Center, according to jail records.

Urging the judge to deny Mr Combs' request for bail, the prosecutors wrote that "no set of conditions" could eliminate the potential risks to the trial.

Bell, now living in Hull, was granted bail and will be sentenced on 27 January.