Left to right:Tanwir Hussain, Abdullah Ahmed Ali and Assad Sarwar were found guilty of the bomb plot.
LONDON, England (CNN) -- Three men were found guilty Monday of plotting to blow up planes on flights between Britain and North America, Woolwich Crown Court in London said.Abdullah Ahmed Ali, Assad Sarwar and Tanwir Hussain were all found guilty of "conspiracy to murder by the detonation of improvised explosive devices on trans-Atlantic aircraft" in a majority verdict of 11 to 1. Five other men were found not guilty of that charge.
It was the second trial of the men arrested in August 2006 on suspicion of plotting to blow up planes with liquid explosives in soft-drink bottles.They could be sentenced as early as Thursday, a court spokesman said.The alleged plot led to new limits on the amount of liquids passengers can take through security checkpoints at airports. The measures, which were introduced overnight, caused severe disruption for travelers, creating delays and many canceled flights. Watch how three men were found guilty of airline bomb plot »Authorities have since eased restrictions on what can be taken on planes, although limits on the amount of liquid that passengers can carry onboard still apply at certain airports and on certain routes.It was the second trial for the men, after British prosecutors said last December they would retry them because the jury could not reach a verdict on a key charge.
They were found guilty in the last trial of conspiracy to murder, but not of intending to endanger the safety of aircraft...more..http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/09/07/uk.airline.bomb.trial/index.html
It was the second trial of the men arrested in August 2006 on suspicion of plotting to blow up planes with liquid explosives in soft-drink bottles.They could be sentenced as early as Thursday, a court spokesman said.The alleged plot led to new limits on the amount of liquids passengers can take through security checkpoints at airports. The measures, which were introduced overnight, caused severe disruption for travelers, creating delays and many canceled flights. Watch how three men were found guilty of airline bomb plot »Authorities have since eased restrictions on what can be taken on planes, although limits on the amount of liquid that passengers can carry onboard still apply at certain airports and on certain routes.It was the second trial for the men, after British prosecutors said last December they would retry them because the jury could not reach a verdict on a key charge.
They were found guilty in the last trial of conspiracy to murder, but not of intending to endanger the safety of aircraft...more..http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/09/07/uk.airline.bomb.trial/index.html
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