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Briton to go on trial in Kenyan bomb plot
A British man accused of links to Somalia's Islamist Jermaine Grant, 29, made his first appearance in court on Thursday, amid chaotic scenes in Mombasa. He was arrested last December and denies allegations that he possessed explosive material. He had already been jailed for being in Kenya illegally. A Kenyan government lawyer said the case failed to start Wednesday because Grant's criminal file was incomplete. Police say that when they raided the house Grant was staying in last year, they found material needed to make a bomb: hydrogen peroxide and ammonium nitrate, batteries, and electrical switches. The prosecution will allege that Grant was, together with three Kenyan co-defendants, planning to target civilians with their explosives. A recent report by a security think-tank claimed Britons accounted for about a quarter of the estimated 200 foreigners fighting with al-Shabab. Grant was first detained in Kenya near the Somali border in 2008, but escaped police custody. He is said to have been sprung from a police station by a group of al-Shabab Posted by: ryuge 2012-05-10 |
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