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| Seven men face bomb plot retrial | Seven men face bomb plot retrial |
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| Prosecutors are to seek a retrial of seven British men who were accused of a liquid bomb plot after a jury failed to reach a verdict on some charges. | |
| Three men were found guilty of conspiracy to murder but the jury was unable to decide whether they and four other men planned to target planes. | Three men were found guilty of conspiracy to murder but the jury was unable to decide whether they and four other men planned to target planes. |
| The men had denied plotting to bring down transatlantic planes with home-made bombs disguised as drinks. | The men had denied plotting to bring down transatlantic planes with home-made bombs disguised as drinks. |
| The Crown Prosecution Service will put a retrial application before a court. | |
| The Crown Prosecution Service said the seven men should face a retrial on every count the jury, which was discharged on Monday, had failed to agree on. | The Crown Prosecution Service said the seven men should face a retrial on every count the jury, which was discharged on Monday, had failed to agree on. |
| Director of public prosecutions Sir Ken Macdonald QC said: "This will include a count that each defendant conspired to detonate improvised explosive devices on transatlantic passenger aircraft. | Director of public prosecutions Sir Ken Macdonald QC said: "This will include a count that each defendant conspired to detonate improvised explosive devices on transatlantic passenger aircraft. |
| "We shall be returning to court to make this application in due course." | "We shall be returning to court to make this application in due course." |
| On Monday, Abdulla Ahmed Ali, Assad Sarwar and Tanvir Hussain were found guilty of conspiracy to murder. | |
| Ibrahim Savant, Arafat Khan, Waheed Zaman and Umar Islam had been accused of conspiracy to detonate explosives on aircraft and to murder persons unknown but the jury failed to reach a decision on any of the charges. | |
| All seven had pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit public nuisance. | |
| An eighth defendent at Woolwich Crown Court was cleared of all charges. |