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| Man admits restaurant bomb attack | Man admits restaurant bomb attack |
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| A Muslim convert has admitted launching a failed suicide nail-bomb attack on an Exeter restaurant. | |
| Nicky Reilly, 22, pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey to attempted murder at the Giraffe restaurant on 22 May. | Nicky Reilly, 22, pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey to attempted murder at the Giraffe restaurant on 22 May. |
| Reilly, who appeared under the name Mohammad Rashid Saeed-Alim, researched how to make bombs on the internet. | |
| But one of the bombs exploded in his hands when he attempted to assemble it in the restaurant's toilet cubicle. He will be sentenced on 21 November. | |
| Appearing in court via a video link, Reilly pleaded guilty to two of four original charges. | Appearing in court via a video link, Reilly pleaded guilty to two of four original charges. |
| 'Radicalised' | |
| As well as attempted murder, he admitted engaging in preparation for terrorism in that he researched targets and how to make bombs, and prepared three of them in the restaurant. | As well as attempted murder, he admitted engaging in preparation for terrorism in that he researched targets and how to make bombs, and prepared three of them in the restaurant. |
| Two charges under the Explosives Act were not put to him because prosecutor Stuart Baker told the court they were alternatives to the more serious charges. | Two charges under the Explosives Act were not put to him because prosecutor Stuart Baker told the court they were alternatives to the more serious charges. |
| Kerim Fuad, defending, told the judge Mr Justice Calvert-Smith that Reilly had planned to run out of the cubicle with three bombs. | Kerim Fuad, defending, told the judge Mr Justice Calvert-Smith that Reilly had planned to run out of the cubicle with three bombs. |
| Reilly's mother Kim was devastated when she found out about the bombing | |
| Reilly was remanded in custody until sentencing at the Old Bailey. | |
| Mr Fuad told the judge that he wished to present a statement and a psychiatric report to the court. | Mr Fuad told the judge that he wished to present a statement and a psychiatric report to the court. |
| He said: "There is much I wish to advance on behalf of this defendant's unusual and complex personal background which led to this ugly and dangerous incident." | He said: "There is much I wish to advance on behalf of this defendant's unusual and complex personal background which led to this ugly and dangerous incident." |
| Reilly suffered eye and facial injuries when one of his bombs, made of caustic soda, paraffin and nails, exploded in his hands. | |
| CCTV captured him staggering out of the busy family restaurant. | CCTV captured him staggering out of the busy family restaurant. |
| His mother Kim Reilly said he was an "easy target, easy prey" for radicalisation. | His mother Kim Reilly said he was an "easy target, easy prey" for radicalisation. |
| She said he would have had instructions or guidance from someone, as he was vulnerable and had special needs. | She said he would have had instructions or guidance from someone, as he was vulnerable and had special needs. |
| Detectives believe Reilly was groomed by extremists he met near his home in King Street, Plymouth. | |
| At the time, Deputy Chief Constable Tony Melville said: "He was preyed upon, radicalised, and taken advantage of." |