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| Year-long trial jury's fifth week | Year-long trial jury's fifth week |
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| An Old Bailey jury is continuing its deliberations in a year-long trial into an alleged fertiliser bomb plot. | An Old Bailey jury is continuing its deliberations in a year-long trial into an alleged fertiliser bomb plot. |
| The five women and seven men began their fifth week of considering charges against seven men accused of a terrorism-related conspiracy. | The five women and seven men began their fifth week of considering charges against seven men accused of a terrorism-related conspiracy. |
| The prosecution alleges the men planned to build a homemade bomb. All seven deny the charges against them. | The prosecution alleges the men planned to build a homemade bomb. All seven deny the charges against them. |
| The jury has been considering its verdict since 16 March, although they have not sat every day since retiring. | The jury has been considering its verdict since 16 March, although they have not sat every day since retiring. |
| Six of the seven men were arrested in March 2004 after police say they discovered 600kg of a chemical fertiliser stored in west London. The seventh man was arrested later. | |
| Investigators alleged during the trial that the fertiliser was for a homemade bomb with alleged targets including the Bluewater shopping centre in Kent. The defendants deny there was a plot. | Investigators alleged during the trial that the fertiliser was for a homemade bomb with alleged targets including the Bluewater shopping centre in Kent. The defendants deny there was a plot. |
| Omar Khyam, 25, Shujah Mahmood, 20, Waheed Mahmood, 35, and Jawad Akbar, 23, all from Crawley, West Sussex, Anthony Garcia, 25, of Barkingside, east London, Nabeel Hussain, 22, of Horley, Surrey, and Salahuddin Amin, 32, of Luton, Bedfordshire, deny conspiring to cause explosions likely to endanger life between January 1, 2003 and March 31, 2004. | Omar Khyam, 25, Shujah Mahmood, 20, Waheed Mahmood, 35, and Jawad Akbar, 23, all from Crawley, West Sussex, Anthony Garcia, 25, of Barkingside, east London, Nabeel Hussain, 22, of Horley, Surrey, and Salahuddin Amin, 32, of Luton, Bedfordshire, deny conspiring to cause explosions likely to endanger life between January 1, 2003 and March 31, 2004. |
| Mr Khyam, Mr Garcia and Mr Hussain deny a further charge of possessing ammonium nitrate for the purposes of terrorism. Mr Khyam and Shujah Mahmood deny possessing another substance for the purpose of terrorism. | Mr Khyam, Mr Garcia and Mr Hussain deny a further charge of possessing ammonium nitrate for the purposes of terrorism. Mr Khyam and Shujah Mahmood deny possessing another substance for the purpose of terrorism. |