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| Transatlantic bomb plot suspects go on trial |
| 2008-04-03 |
| A man from High Wycombe is among eight set to go on trial accused of plotting to explode home-made liquid bombs on transatlantic passenger aircraft. Mr Justice Calvert-Smith will preside over the trial of eight defendants, including Assad Sarwar, 27, at high security Woolwich Crown Court in south-east London. Outlining the case to potential jurors on Wednesday, the judge said the trial would be long, high profile and with dozens of witnesses. He said: "This case concerns an allegation that in 2006 a number of men planned to create bombs which some of their number would take on board passenger aircraft flying from London Heathrow to various destinations in Canada and the USA. It is further alleged that the bombs were planned to be set off when the aircraft were airborne and the bombers and all on board the aircraft would be killed." All eight men deny two charges linked to the alleged plot that counter terrorist police claimed to foil in August 2006. The first charge alleged the men conspired to murder, contrary to the 1977 Criminal Law Act, between January 1 and August 11 2006. The second charge alleged the men conspired to commit an act of violence likely to endanger the safety of an aircraft between the same dates. The eight men are: Sarwar; Abdulla Ahmed Ali, aka Ahmed Ali Khan, 27, of Walthamstow; Tanvir Hussain, 27, of Leyton, east London; Mohammed Gulzar, 26, of Barking, Essex; Ibrahim Savant, 27, of Stoke Newington, north London; Arafat Waheed Khan, 26, of Walthamstow; Waheed Zaman, 23, of Walthamstow and Umar Islam, aka Brian Young, 29, of Hackney, east London. |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #2 Geez, not a Clive or Trevor among em... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2008-04-03 19:39 |
| #1 Here is the BBC report |
| Posted by: Free Radical 2008-04-03 12:36 |