An Islamic extremist who plotted to detonate bombs on packed flights to America has claimed his human rights were violated in prison.

Tanvir Hussain, of Nottingham Road, Leyton, was one of four men from Waltham Forest jailed in 2009 for an al Qaida-inspired terror plot.

The group planned to detonate home-made liquid bombs on board flights bound for major North American cities.

Today, Hussain, 34, is the subject of a hearing at the Supreme Court after he and another man, Ricin plot conspirator Kamel Bourgass, claimed to have their human rights breached.

Both men were subject to segregation while in prison after guards deemed it was necessary for "discipline and good order".

Hussain was subjected to segregation from April 24, 2010 until October of that year in Frankland Jail in Durham and claims it was unlawful.

But according to the prison service, Hussain was segregated after he carried out a serious assault on a prisoner in a cell.

Prison intelligence reports suggested that Hussain was also involved in attempting to manipulate vulnerable prisoners and that he preached extremist Islamic ideals through his cell window.

In March 2012, the pair failed to persuade appeal judges that their treatment was unlawful.

A two day hearing began yesterday in which will result five judges making a decision on the ruling.

The Mirror reports this morning that Dinah Rose QC, representing Hussain Borgass, told the Supreme Court the case was an issue of "fairness".

She is said to have argued that the duo should have been given "sufficient information about the reasons and evidence relied on to justify the initial decision to segregate them".

Algerian Bourgass is serving 17 years for conspiracy to commit public nuisance with the use of explosives after his involvement in the 2002 Ricin terrorist plot.

He is also serving a life sentence for murdering DC Stephen Oake, 40, with a kitchen knife in 2003.

Hussain is serving life with a minimum tariff of 32 years.

Supreme Court president Lord Neuberger, Lady Hale and Lords Sumption, Reed and Hodge will make the final decision after the close of the hearing today.