This article is from the source 'bbc' and was first published or seen on . It will not be checked again for changes.
You can find the current article at its original source at http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/uk/7517000.stm
The article has changed 5 times. There is an RSS feed of changes available.
| Version 0 | Version 1 |
|---|---|
| Air plot accused admit nuisance | |
| (10 minutes later) | |
| Two more British Muslim men accused of plotting to blow up planes in mid-air have pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit public nuisance. | Two more British Muslim men accused of plotting to blow up planes in mid-air have pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit public nuisance. |
| Arafat Waheed Khan, 27, and Waheed Zaman, 24 are among eight defendants also accused of conspiracy to murder. | Arafat Waheed Khan, 27, and Waheed Zaman, 24 are among eight defendants also accused of conspiracy to murder. |
| Last week three of the men admitted conspiring to cause explosions by plotting a blast at Heathrow Airport. | Last week three of the men admitted conspiring to cause explosions by plotting a blast at Heathrow Airport. |
| Seven of the accused have now admitted conspiring to cause a public nuisance, but all deny conspiracy to murder. | Seven of the accused have now admitted conspiring to cause a public nuisance, but all deny conspiracy to murder. |
| Threatening videos | Threatening videos |
| Last week Abdulla Ahmed Ali, Assad Sarwar and Tanvir Hussain pleaded guilty to plotting a blast at Heathrow airport. | Last week Abdulla Ahmed Ali, Assad Sarwar and Tanvir Hussain pleaded guilty to plotting a blast at Heathrow airport. |
| They have said they planned a protest over British foreign policy that would possibly include a small explosion at the airport's Terminal Three in which no-one would be hurt. | |
| They and fellow defendants Ibrahim Savant and Umar Islam also admitted conspiring to cause a public nuisance by making videos threatening bombings. | They and fellow defendants Ibrahim Savant and Umar Islam also admitted conspiring to cause a public nuisance by making videos threatening bombings. |
| The Woolwich Crown Court jury has yet to rule on conspiracy to murder charges. | The Woolwich Crown Court jury has yet to rule on conspiracy to murder charges. |
| The eight men deny two charges, which have been amended, of conspiracy to murder between 1 January and 11 August 2006. | The eight men deny two charges, which have been amended, of conspiracy to murder between 1 January and 11 August 2006. |
| One charge specifies the attacks would have involved the detonation of improvised bombs on passenger aircraft.All eight men deny conspiring to murder aircraft passengers | One charge specifies the attacks would have involved the detonation of improvised bombs on passenger aircraft.All eight men deny conspiring to murder aircraft passengers |
| Prosecutors allege the eight planned to explode home-made bombs disguised as soft drinks on passenger jets flying from London's Heathrow airport to North American cities. | Prosecutors allege the eight planned to explode home-made bombs disguised as soft drinks on passenger jets flying from London's Heathrow airport to North American cities. |
| The men's arrests in August 2006 led to tight restrictions on carrying liquids on board aircraft. | The men's arrests in August 2006 led to tight restrictions on carrying liquids on board aircraft. |
| Peter Wright QC, summing up the prosecution case last Monday, told the court the eight men had wanted to "achieve immortality and notoriety in equal measure". | Peter Wright QC, summing up the prosecution case last Monday, told the court the eight men had wanted to "achieve immortality and notoriety in equal measure". |
| Each of the defendants wanted to "murder as many civilian passengers as possible upon as many civilian aircraft as possible", he said. | Each of the defendants wanted to "murder as many civilian passengers as possible upon as many civilian aircraft as possible", he said. |
| They were all "prepared to kill and to do so on a wholly indiscriminate basis, irrespective of age, belief, sex and to do so without the slightest blink of an eye", he told the jury. | They were all "prepared to kill and to do so on a wholly indiscriminate basis, irrespective of age, belief, sex and to do so without the slightest blink of an eye", he told the jury. |
| Mr Ali - the alleged ringleader of the plot - and Mr Sarwar had earlier told the court they had planned only to make a video highlighting what they described as injustices against Muslims in Iraq, Afghanistan and Lebanon. | Mr Ali - the alleged ringleader of the plot - and Mr Sarwar had earlier told the court they had planned only to make a video highlighting what they described as injustices against Muslims in Iraq, Afghanistan and Lebanon. |
| A possible small explosion would have been staged only to publicise the video, they said. | |
| The defendants are: Mr Ali, aka Ahmed Ali Khan, 27, of Walthamstow, London; Mr Sarwar, 28, of High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire; Mr Hussain, 27, of Leyton, east London, and Mohammed Gulzar, 26, of Barking, London. | The defendants are: Mr Ali, aka Ahmed Ali Khan, 27, of Walthamstow, London; Mr Sarwar, 28, of High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire; Mr Hussain, 27, of Leyton, east London, and Mohammed Gulzar, 26, of Barking, London. |
| Also charged, are Mr Savant, 27, of Stoke Newington, north London, Arafat Waheed Khan, 26, of Walthamstow, Waheed Zaman, 24, of Walthamstow and Mr Islam, aka Brian Young, 30, of Plaistow, east London. | Also charged, are Mr Savant, 27, of Stoke Newington, north London, Arafat Waheed Khan, 26, of Walthamstow, Waheed Zaman, 24, of Walthamstow and Mr Islam, aka Brian Young, 30, of Plaistow, east London. |
| The jury are expected to retire early this week. |