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| No Verdict on Two 21/7 Would-Be Bombers |
| 2007-07-11 |
| A jury of nine women and three men sitting at Woolwich Crown Court in south London yesterday failed to reach a verdict on the remaining two 21/7 terror suspects — Manfo Kwaku Asiedu, 33, and Adel Yahya, 24, who could either face a retrial or be released without further charges. The trial judge, Justice Fulford gave crown prosecutors until today to decide whether Asiedu and Yahya would face a retrial. He ordered that the two remaining defendants be remanded to custody but accepted that a bail application on behalf of Yahya may be made later. Asiedu was accused of being the “fifth” bomber targeting White City station but who subsequently got cold feet and abandoned his bomb in bushes at Little Wormwood Scrubs. He insisted the bombs were real, but that he was duped into carrying them. Crown prosecutor, Nigel Sweeney QC, claimed Yahya of High Road, Tottenham, north London, was part of the “inner circle” of bombers and accused him of playing an important behind-the-scenes planning and logistics role. Yahya denied all knowledge of the conspiracy. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Disgusting! Their defense is: we never intended to let off the bombs; we just wanted to protest treatment of Muslims. The BBC should be knocked down about 10 notches for indoctrinating idiots to believe that crap. When German leftist jury holdouts were nullifying fact in that country's courts, jury trials were limited. That can happen in UK. In 2002, a law was passed that ended universal protection from self-incrimination. The reform process ain't over. |
| Posted by: McZoid 2007-07-11 04:55 |