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| An appeal by two Palestinians convicted of conspiring to bomb the Israeli embassy in London has been dismissed by the European Court of Human Rights. | An appeal by two Palestinians convicted of conspiring to bomb the Israeli embassy in London has been dismissed by the European Court of Human Rights. |
| Businessman Jawad Botmeh and banker's daughter Samar Alami were convicted in 1996 of conspiracy to bomb the embassy in London in 1994. | |
| They were originally sentenced to 20 years after two car bomb explosions that did not result in any deaths. | They were originally sentenced to 20 years after two car bomb explosions that did not result in any deaths. |
| The pair have consistently claimed their innocence. | The pair have consistently claimed their innocence. |
| The European Court ruled on Thursday on a claim by lawyers acting for the pair that the convictions contravened Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights - the right to a fair trial. | |
| The judgement took account of "new" evidence released to the appellants' legal team. | |
| However, Thursday's ruling stated that: "the undisclosed material was found by the court to add nothing of significance to what had already been disclosed at trial. | |
| "There has not, therefore, been a violation of Article 6 in the present case." | |
| The pair, both graduates from English universities, were convicted on the basis that they were part of a UK-based extremist terrorist cell, which planned to sabotage the Middle East peace process. |