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Airliner judge to accept majority | Airliner judge to accept majority |
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The judge in the trial of eight men accused of plotting to blow up transatlantic flights has told the jury he will accept a majority verdict. | The judge in the trial of eight men accused of plotting to blow up transatlantic flights has told the jury he will accept a majority verdict. |
Abdulla Ahmed Ali, 28, and seven other British men are accused of a plot to activate bombs disguised as drinks. | Abdulla Ahmed Ali, 28, and seven other British men are accused of a plot to activate bombs disguised as drinks. |
The judge, Mr Justice Henriques, told jurors he would accept a majority verdict of at least 10 to two on their eleventh day of deliberations. | The judge, Mr Justice Henriques, told jurors he would accept a majority verdict of at least 10 to two on their eleventh day of deliberations. |
Mr Ali and the others all deny conspiracy to murder. | Mr Ali and the others all deny conspiracy to murder. |
The prosecution claims the men planned to use soft drink bottles to take deadly explosives on to flights. | The prosecution claims the men planned to use soft drink bottles to take deadly explosives on to flights. |
But the defendants told the court that they had been planning a political stunt, including small explosions only intended to frighten people at airports. | But the defendants told the court that they had been planning a political stunt, including small explosions only intended to frighten people at airports. |
The others accused of involvement in the plot include: Assad Sarwar, 29, of High Wycombe, Bucks; Tanvir Hussain, 28, of Leyton, east London; Umar Islam, 31, of Plaistow, east London; Ibrahim Savant, 28, of Stoke Newington, north London; Arafat Waheed Khan, 28, and Waheed Zaman, 25, of Walthamstow, north east London; and Donald Stewart-Whyte, 23, of High Wycombe. | The others accused of involvement in the plot include: Assad Sarwar, 29, of High Wycombe, Bucks; Tanvir Hussain, 28, of Leyton, east London; Umar Islam, 31, of Plaistow, east London; Ibrahim Savant, 28, of Stoke Newington, north London; Arafat Waheed Khan, 28, and Waheed Zaman, 25, of Walthamstow, north east London; and Donald Stewart-Whyte, 23, of High Wycombe. |
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