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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 plot to blow up planes flying from the UK to North America with liquid bombs. | Prosecutors are to seek a retrial of seven British men who were accused of a plot to blow up planes flying from the UK to North America with liquid bombs. |
| Three men were found guilty of conspiracy to murder but the jury was unable to decide whether they and four other men had 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 had planned to target planes. |
| The men had denied plotting to bring down planes with home-made bombs disguised as soft drinks. | The men had denied plotting to bring down planes with home-made bombs disguised as soft drinks. |
| The Crown Prosecution Service will put a retrial application before a court. | The Crown Prosecution Service will put a retrial application before a court. |
| The CPS said the seven men should face a retrial on every count the jury, which was discharged on Monday, had failed to agree on. | The CPS 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." |
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| On Monday, after a five-month trial at Woolwich Crown Court, in London, Abdulla Ahmed Ali, Assad Sarwar and Tanvir Hussain, who have yet to be sentenced, were found guilty of conspiracy to murder. | |
| But the jury was unable to reach a verdict on whether they and Ibrahim Savant, Arafat Khan, Waheed Zaman and Umar Islam conspired to detonate explosives on aircraft. | But the jury was unable to reach a verdict on whether they and Ibrahim Savant, Arafat Khan, Waheed Zaman and Umar Islam conspired to detonate explosives on aircraft. |
| The jurors also failed to decide whether Mr Savant, Mr Khan, Mr Zaman and Mr Islam were guilty of conspiracy to murder and those four also face a possible retrial on that count. | |
| All seven had pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit public nuisance, but none of the men has yet been sentenced. | |
| The court heard prosecutors allege the men had been planning to carry liquid explosives on to planes at Heathrow Airport, knowing the devices would evade airport security checks. | |
| Police said the plot had been inspired by al-Qaeda in Pakistan. | Police said the plot had been inspired by al-Qaeda in Pakistan. |
| But in their defence, the men, who had recorded videos denouncing Western foreign policy, said they had planned only to cause a political spectacle and not to kill anyone. | |
| Also, the explosives were never fully constructed and tickets had neither been bought nor plans to travel made. | |
| Sweeping airport restrictions on liquids in hand luggage were brought in following the men's arrests in August 2006. | |
| An eighth defendant was cleared of all charges. | An eighth defendant was cleared of all charges. |