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Three guilty of bomb conspiracy | Three guilty of bomb conspiracy |
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Three men have been found guilty of a massive terrorist conspiracy to murder involving home-made bombs. | |
Abdulla Ahmed Ali, Assad Sarwar and Tanvir Hussain's convictions follow a huge terrorism inquiry, which led to sweeping airport restrictions. | Abdulla Ahmed Ali, Assad Sarwar and Tanvir Hussain's convictions follow a huge terrorism inquiry, which led to sweeping airport restrictions. |
Three of the eight men on trial had pleaded guilty to plotting to cause an explosion, and seven had admitted plotting to cause a public nuisance. | Three of the eight men on trial had pleaded guilty to plotting to cause an explosion, and seven had admitted plotting to cause a public nuisance. |
A final man, Mohammad Gulzar, was cleared at Woolwich Crown Court. | A final man, Mohammad Gulzar, was cleared at Woolwich Crown Court. |
The eight men had been accused of plotting to bring down transatlantic airliners with home-made liquid explosives, disguised as soft drinks. | |
But after more than 50 hours of deliberations, the jury did not find any of the defendants guilty of conspiring to target aircraft. | |
The jury were unable to reach verdicts agains four of the men in the trial, all of whom were accused of recording martyrdom videos. |
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