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'Lyrical terrorist' wins appeal 'Lyrical terrorist' wins appeal
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A former Heathrow shop assistant who called herself the "lyrical terrorist" has won an appeal against her conviction under the Terrorism Act. 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.