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Student awaits terror case ruling Student terror conviction quashed
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A man branded a "wannabe suicide bomber" by prosecutors will learn later if he is to be released after his conviction was overturned on appeal. A man branded a "wannabe suicide bomber" by prosecutors will not face a retrial on terrorism charges.
Mohammed Atif Siddique, 24, a student from Alva, Clackmannanshire, was found guilty of terrorism charges in 2007. Mohammed Atif Siddique, 24, a student from Alva, Clackmannanshire, was found guilty in 2007.
But Appeal Court judges in Edinburgh said on 29 January he had suffered a "miscarriage of justice" and quashed the conviction. But Appeal Court judges said on 29 January he had suffered a "miscarriage of justice" on one of the terror charges and quashed the conviction.
The Crown will now decide whether it wishes to seek a fresh prosecution. The Crown Office has said it does not wish to seek a fresh prosecution. Siddique will now been released.
In a statement, the Crown Office said Siddique remains convicted of serious terrorist offences.
The shopkeeper's son was jailed for eight years in October 2007 after a four-week trial in Glasgow.The shopkeeper's son was jailed for eight years in October 2007 after a four-week trial in Glasgow.
He was found guilty of two charges under the Terrorism Act 2000, one under the Terrorism Act 2006 and a breach of the peace.He was found guilty of two charges under the Terrorism Act 2000, one under the Terrorism Act 2006 and a breach of the peace.
In January Lord Osborne criticised the way the trial judge explained the main Terrorist Act charge to the jury. The most serious charge related to the possession of articles that gave rise to "reasonable suspicion" they were connected to terrorism.
The jury found Siddique had amassed and distributed terrorist propaganda via websites and provided instructional material about guns and explosives over the internet.
His conviction on that allegation resulted in a six-year prison term.
But at his appeal hearing in January Lord Osborne criticised the way the trial judge explained the main Terrorist Act charge to the jury.
The judge, sitting with Lords Reed and Clarke in Edinburgh, said the "material misdirection" amounted to "a miscarriage of justice".The judge, sitting with Lords Reed and Clarke in Edinburgh, said the "material misdirection" amounted to "a miscarriage of justice".
Mr Siddique remains in custody, pending the Crown Office's decision.