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| Britain |
| Conviction overturned for 'homegrown terrorist' |
| 2010-02-09 |
| A STUDENT branded Scotland’s first home grown terrorist had his conviction overturned today at the Court of Criminal Appeal in Edinburgh. ASky News reported Mohammed Atif Siddique from Alva, Clackmannanshire, was found guilty of three offences under the Terrorism Act 2000 and a breach of the peace in 2007. He was sentenced to eight years in prison. Last month, three senior judges ruled he had suffered from a miscarriage of justice. The most serious charge at the the original trial, which accounted for six years of his sentence, alleged he possessed computer equipment and other material. In these circumstances, it gave rise to "a reasonable suspicion that your possession was for a purpose connected with the commission, preparation or instigation of an act or terrorism." The crime was an offence under the Terrorism Act 2000, but the law also recognised a defence of possession without intention to commit an act of terrorism. Throughout, Siddique protested his innocence, claiming that when he downloaded material from the internet he was motivated only by curiosity. He denied that he was planning any terrorist attack. Siddique has already spent four years in custody. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #2 Eggzacly |
| Posted by: YourExesinTexas9747 2010-02-09 16:14 |
| #1 Last month, three senior judges ruled he had suffered from a miscarriage of justice. Look for the same thing to occur in the U.S. with the Obama/Holder law-and-order approach to handling these cut-throats. They probably will be released because they were not properly "Mirandized." |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2010-02-09 09:05 |