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| Wife 'knew about 21/7 bomb plot' | Wife 'knew about 21/7 bomb plot' |
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| The wife of failed 21 July bomber Hussain Osman failed to report him to police despite knowing about his plans for "mass murder", a court has heard. | |
| Yeshi Girma also helped Osman flee to Brighton after the attempted attacks in London in 2005, the Old Bailey heard. | Yeshi Girma also helped Osman flee to Brighton after the attempted attacks in London in 2005, the Old Bailey heard. |
| Ms Girma, 31, from Stockwell, south London, denies that she had information about terrorism and "without reasonable excuse" failed to disclose it. | |
| She and four others deny charges relating to Osman's role in the attack. | |
| Training camp | |
| Ms Girma allegedly was aware that her husband was falling under the spell of radical Islam. | |
| The jury heard that she allowed Osman to take their young son with him to a training camp in Cumbria where he met the other 21 July bombers. | |
| Armed with that prior knowledge of what was going to happen, Yeshi Girma could have attempted to prevent the attacks Max HillProsecuting | |
| Max Hill, prosecuting, said tapes of "extremist Islamic preaching" were found with fingerprints of her and her brother, Esayas Girma, on them. | |
| Mr Hill said: "Yeshi Girma had prior knowledge of the events of 21/7. She had some information about what the bombers intended to do on 21/7, but failed to bring this to the attention of the police. | |
| "Had the bombers successfully and completely detonated the bombs on busy Tube trains that day, there would have been carnage and mass murder. | |
| "Armed with that prior knowledge of what was going to happen, Yeshi Girma could have attempted to prevent the attacks, which, but for shortcomings in the production of the explosive devices, would have killed and injured many people." | |
| 'Cash provided' | |
| In the dock with Ms Girma and Mr Girma, 22, also from Stockwell, is her sister Mulu, 23, from Brighton. | |
| Also on trial are Shadi Abdelgadir, 24, and Omer Almagboul, 22, from Brighton. | |
| All the defendants deny assisting Osman to escape after the attacks, and deny failing to disclose information about Osman's involvement in 21/7. | |
| The prosecution allege they helped him by providing him with cash, dressing an injury and giving him clothes and a car. | |
| The bombers' devices failed to explode on Tube trains at Oval, Warren Street and Shepherd's Bush, and on a bus in Hackney. |