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'Lyrical terrorist' wins appeal | 'Lyrical terrorist' wins appeal |
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A former Heathrow worker who called herself the "lyrical terrorist" has won an appeal against her conviction. | |
Samina Malik had been accused of collecting information of a kind likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism. | Samina Malik had been accused of collecting information of a kind likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism. |
Ms Malik, 24, from west London, was found guilty at the Old Bailey in November of owning terrorist manuals. | |
The Court of Appeal has now quashed the conviction after prosecution lawyers conceded it was unsafe. |