JOURNALISTS hit out yesterday at the Met’s use of anti-terror laws to seize a Newsnight reporter’s laptop.

The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) said the Met’s grabbing of Secunder Kermani’s computer had a “chilling effect on press freedom.”

Police obtained an order from a judge under the Terrorism Act after Mr Kermani, who has reported extensively on British-born jihadists, produced a BBC Newsnight report featuring an individual who identified as a member of Islamic State (Isis).