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| DPP to seek 'bomb plot' retrial | DPP to seek 'bomb plot' retrial |
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| Prosecutors say they will seek a retrial of three men who had been accused of taking part in a plan to blow up transatlantic airliners. | |
| Ibrahim Savant, 28, Arafat Khan, 28, and Waheed Zaman, 25, were found not guilty of plotting to bomb aircraft. | Ibrahim Savant, 28, Arafat Khan, 28, and Waheed Zaman, 25, were found not guilty of plotting to bomb aircraft. |
| But jurors at Woolwich Crown Court on Monday, failed to decide whether they were guilty of conspiracy to murder. | |
| Three other men were convicted of plotting to bomb planes flying between London to North America. | |
| The Director of Public Prosecutions, Keir Starmer, said he had "considered very carefully" whether to seek the retrial. | |
| He added that he had judged that "there remains a realistic prospect of a conviction against each defendant on the charge of conspiracy to murder" even though two previous juries had been unable to agree on the charge. | |
| He added: "I have concluded that, in this exceptional case, it is in the public interest to seek a further retrial." | |
| On Monday, Abdulla Ahmed Ali, 28, Tanvir Hussain, 28, and Assad Sarwar, 29, were all found guilty of conspiring to activate bombs disguised as drinks. | |
| The arrests in connection with the plot in August 2006 caused chaos to international aviation and prompted the current restrictions on bringing liquids on board aircraft. |