On 25 February 2014, Begg was arrested by the West Midlands police on suspicion of attending a terrorist training camp and facilitating terrorism overseas.[1] West Midlands Police said: "This is an arrest, not a charge, and ... our naming does not imply any guilt."[15]
On 1 March 2014, Begg was charged with providing terrorist training and funding terrorism overseas, regarding Syria, and appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court, entering a plea of not guilty. He appeared along with a woman, Gerrie Tahari, 44, from Sparkbrook, Birmingham, also accused of funding terrorism overseas.[16] He is scheduled for a plea hearing on 14 July, provisionally followed by a trial at the Old Bailey on 6 October 2014.[17]