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| Terror suspects to face British court |
| 2003-10-06 |
| Three men arrested on terrorism charges in dawn raids a week ago have been charged with crimes ranging from conspiracy to murder to forgery, British police said today. Kamel Merzoug, 32, was charged with conspiracy to murder and conspiracy to cause a public nuisance. Interesting set of charges, I guess murder is a nuisance to the murderee. Abdul Kharim Kharrati, 32, of London, and Jamal Hakkou, 25, from Morocco, were charged with forgery. Passports, perhaps? Police said that all three appeared at London’s Bow Street Magistrates’ Court on Saturday. Kharrati and Hakkou are both scheduled to appear at the same court on October 10 while Merzoug was ordered to appear at the Old Bailey criminal court on October 13. The three were among 11 men arrested on September 30 in dawn raids in London and the northern English city of Manchester. Another man, aged 38, remained in police custody, detained under the Terrorism Act. Another three men arrested in Manchester were no longer detained under the Terrorism Act but remain in police custody in connection with undisclosed criminal investigations. The difference betwen the two being ever so slight. Three other men, aged 30, 32 and 37, were released by police but face questioning in criminal investigations. Not quite enough to hold them, yet. Another man was no longer facing terrorism charges but had been detained by immigration authorities. Of course. |
| Posted by:Steve |