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Chronology of major terrorism trials in Britain

11 Jul 2007 10:41:41 GMT
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July 11 (Reuters) - A British court sentenced four men on Wednesday to 40 years in jail each for an al Qaeda directed attempt to carry out suicide bomb attacks on London's transport system on July 21, 2005.

The four men were convicted on Monday of plotting the failed attacks.

Here is a chronology of recent verdicts in British terrorism trials.

March 2003 - Jamaican-born Sheikh Abdullah el-Faisal, a supporter of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, was sentenced to nine years in jail for incitement to murder by urging his followers to kill non-believers in a so-called holy war.

April 2003 - Two Algerians, Baghdad Meziane and Brahim Benmerzouga, were jailed for 11 years after being found guilty of raising cash for terrorism, making them the first people with suspected al Qaeda links to be imprisoned in Britain.

April 2005 - Kamel Bourgass, aka Nadir Habra, an al Qaeda-trained Algerian, was convicted of a plot to launch chemical and bomb attacks after a global investigation across 17 countries. Bourgass was also found guilty in 2004 of the murder of detective Stephen Oake after his flat was raided in Manchester. Police said the raid was linked to the discovery of ricin in London. Bourgass was sentenced to 22 years for the murder.

April 2005 - Briton Saajid Badat, who admitted conspiring with "shoebomber" Richard Reid to blow up airliners over the Atlantic but had a change of heart before boarding his flight, was jailed for 13 years.

September 2005 - Andrew Rowe, a British Muslim convert, was found guilty of terrorist offences and sentenced to 15 years in jail for possessing secret codes and a hand-written weapons handbook. British anti-terrorism officials described him as an "international warrior".

November 2006 - Dhiren Barot, a senior al Qaeda operative, who admitted a plot to blow up the New York Stock Exchange and carry out attacks in Britain with gas-filled limousines and a "dirty bomb", was jailed for a minimum of 30 years. April 2007 - Five Britons -- Omar Khyam, Anthony Garcia, Jawad Akbar, Waheed Mahmood and Salahuddin Amin -- were jailed for life for plotting al Qaeda-inspired bomb attacks across Britain ranging from nightclubs to trains and a shopping centre.

June 2007 - Seven Britons linked to a plot to blow up U.S. financial institutions, including the New York Stock Exchange, and stage a series of attacks in Britain were jailed for a total of 136 years. Prosecutors said the men -- Mohammed Naveed Bhatti, Junade Feroze, Zia Ul Haq, Abdul Aziz Jalil, Nadeem Tarmohamed and Omar Abdur Rehman and Qaisar Shaffi -- were part of a group headed by Dhiren Barot.

July 2007 - Moroccan-born Younes Tsouli, Briton Waseem Mughal and Jordanian-born Tariq al-Daour were sentenced to a total of 24 years in prison for inciting terrorism over the Internet, in the first case of its kind in Britain.

July 2007 - A court sentenced Omar Altimimi to nine years in jail for possessing al Qaeda computer material, including documents suggesting hitting nightclubs and airports. Police described him as a failed asylum seeker living in northern England and a terrorist "sleeper".

July 2007 - Muktah Said Ibrahim, Yassin Hassin Omar, Ramzi Mohammed and Hussein Osman are all found guilty of conspiracy to murder in plotting the July 2005 attack on London's transport system using bombs carried in rucksacks. They are sentenced to 40 years in jail.

-- Prosecutors said that they would seek a second trial against Manfo Kwaku Asiedu and Adel Yahya, also accused of conspiracy to murder in the botched attacks, after the jury failed to reach a verdict against them.

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