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Four guilty over 21/7 bomb plot Four guilty over 21/7 bomb plot
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Four men have been found guilty of plotting to carry out suicide bombings on London's transport network on 21 July 2005.Four men have been found guilty of plotting to carry out suicide bombings on London's transport network on 21 July 2005.
Muktar Said Ibrahim, 29, Yassin Omar, 26, Ramzi Mohammed, 25, and Hussain Osman, 28, were convicted of conspiracy to murder, at Woolwich Crown Court. Muktar Said Ibrahim, 29, Yassin Omar, 26, Ramzi Mohammed, 25, and Hussain Osman, 28, were convicted of conspiracy to murder at Woolwich Crown Court.
Verdicts on two other defendants, who deny charges against them, are still being considered by the jury. The jury will continue to consider verdicts on Tuesday for two others, who deny charges against them.
The cell tried to bomb the Tube and a bus, two weeks after the 7/7 attacks.The cell tried to bomb the Tube and a bus, two weeks after the 7/7 attacks.
Majority verdictMajority verdict
The suspects had claimed the bombs were fakes, and their actions had been intended as a protest against the war in Iraq.The suspects had claimed the bombs were fakes, and their actions had been intended as a protest against the war in Iraq.
The failure of those bombs to explode owed nothing to the intention of these defendants, rather it was simply the good fortune of the travelling public that day that they were spared Nigel Sweeney QCThe failure of those bombs to explode owed nothing to the intention of these defendants, rather it was simply the good fortune of the travelling public that day that they were spared Nigel Sweeney QC
After unanimously returning three guilty verdicts against Ibrahim, Omar and Mohammed before lunch, jurors were sent out to continue their deliberations on the three other defendants, Osman, Manfo Kwaku Asiedu, 34, and Adel Yahya, 24.After unanimously returning three guilty verdicts against Ibrahim, Omar and Mohammed before lunch, jurors were sent out to continue their deliberations on the three other defendants, Osman, Manfo Kwaku Asiedu, 34, and Adel Yahya, 24.
The judge, Mr Justice Fulford QC, said he would accept a majority verdict of 10-to-2. The judge, Mr Justice Fulford QC, said he would accept a majority verdict of 10 to 2.
They later came back with their verdict on Osman and will continue deliberations on the other two on Tuesday.They later came back with their verdict on Osman and will continue deliberations on the other two on Tuesday.
Mohammed had targeted a train at Oval station in south London, Omar was on board a train at Warren Street in central London and Ibrahim had boarded a bus in Hackney, east London. Mohammed had targeted a train at Oval station in south London, Omar was on board a train at Warren Street in central London and Osman travelled on a Hammersmith and City line service to Shepherds Bush in west London.
Ibrahim had boarded a bus in Hackney, east London.
CCTV AND THE INVESTIGATION 28,000 items of CCTV gathered7,500 items viewed18,000 man-hours of viewingSeven hours of crucial CCTV used in evidenceCCTV AND THE INVESTIGATION 28,000 items of CCTV gathered7,500 items viewed18,000 man-hours of viewingSeven hours of crucial CCTV used in evidence
The six men have been on trial for six months.The six men have been on trial for six months.
The trial heard that dozens of people would have been killed if the bombs had detonated properly.The trial heard that dozens of people would have been killed if the bombs had detonated properly.
The devices were made of chapati flour and a similar hydrogen peroxide mixture used by the men behind the 7 July attacks in which 52 people died.The devices were made of chapati flour and a similar hydrogen peroxide mixture used by the men behind the 7 July attacks in which 52 people died.
Mohammed and Ibrahim were captured a week later at a flat in west London.Mohammed and Ibrahim were captured a week later at a flat in west London.
Omar was arrested in Birmingham after travelling there disguised as a woman in a burka. Omar was arrested in Birmingham after travelling there disguised as a woman in a burka and Osman was detained in Rome and extradited back to Britain.
Nigel Sweeney QC, prosecutor, had told the trial the men chose a date "just 14 days after the carnage of July 7".Nigel Sweeney QC, prosecutor, had told the trial the men chose a date "just 14 days after the carnage of July 7".
But the trial heard evidence that the conspiracy "had been in existence long before the events of July 7" and was not a "hastily-arranged copycat" operation.But the trial heard evidence that the conspiracy "had been in existence long before the events of July 7" and was not a "hastily-arranged copycat" operation.
Mr Sweeney said: "The failure of those bombs to explode owed nothing to the intention of these defendants, rather it was simply the good fortune of the travelling public that day that they were spared."Mr Sweeney said: "The failure of those bombs to explode owed nothing to the intention of these defendants, rather it was simply the good fortune of the travelling public that day that they were spared."