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UK court sentences accused London transit bombers on lesser charges

By Bernard Hibbitts (editor) and University of Pittsburgh School of Law students.

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[JURIST] A UK judge sentenced two of the three men acquitted of conspiracy charges relating to the July 7, 2005 London Transit Bombings to seven years in prison Wednesday on lesser charges. Mohammed Shakil and Waheed Ali were sentenced for having allegedly planned to attend a terrorist training camp in Pakistan. Shakil, Ali, and Sadeer Saleem were found not guilty of being privy to the conspiracy during a retrial after a mistrial was declared last fall when the jury could not reach a verdict. The three men were the only ones on trial for the attacks, despite evidence that pointed to the involvement of a larger group than just those who carried out the attacks. All three took a trip to London in December 2004 with two of the suicide bombers to visit a relative of Ali, where they visited tourist spots. The trip was seen as a likely scouting trip for the eventual attacks. Shakil and Ali were found guilty of attending a terrorist-training camp in Malakand, Pakistan, where both knew Mohammad Siddique Khan, the orchestrator of the attacks. Attending a terrorist camp was made illegal under the Terrorist Act of 2006. Shakil and Ali will be sentenced Wednesday. The three men were arrested in May 2007 and pleaded not guilty that August. The attacks of July 7, 2005, caused the deaths of 52 people when suicide bombers unleashed themselves on the public transit system in London at the height of the morning rush hour. The attacks were traced back to a tight-knit group who attended a mosque in Leeds, where Shakil, Ali, and Saleem also worshiped. Al Qaeda claimed responsibility for the attacks two months later.VOTE FOR JURIST JURIST is nominated for a 2009 Webby Award as best Law website. Please vote for us here!

Full post as published by JURIST - The Paper Chase on April 29, 2009 (boomark / email).