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The widow of 7 July bomber Mohammad Sidique Khan has criticised plans which could see the time limit for holding terror suspects without charge doubled. | The widow of 7 July bomber Mohammad Sidique Khan has criticised plans which could see the time limit for holding terror suspects without charge doubled. |
Hasina Patel of Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, was freed without charge after being questioned for five days over the 2005 suicide attacks in May. | |
She told Sky News increasing the limit would be a "punishment in itself". | |
Gordon Brown has proposed four options on extending the detention period - including one to raise it to 56 days. | Gordon Brown has proposed four options on extending the detention period - including one to raise it to 56 days. |
'Innocent people' | 'Innocent people' |
Ms Patel said: "I think for anyone who's experienced it, like now I have, then you know how difficult it is and it's a punishment in itself. | Ms Patel said: "I think for anyone who's experienced it, like now I have, then you know how difficult it is and it's a punishment in itself. |
I think even before arrests are made, they should be more sure of their intelligence Hasina Patel 7/7 bomber's widow freed | I think even before arrests are made, they should be more sure of their intelligence Hasina Patel 7/7 bomber's widow freed |
"And for some people who are innocent, it's like you're guilty until proven innocent." | "And for some people who are innocent, it's like you're guilty until proven innocent." |
She added: "You're doing two months, you know, with nothing to back that. When people get arrested, it can ruin your life. It ruins relationships. | She added: "You're doing two months, you know, with nothing to back that. When people get arrested, it can ruin your life. It ruins relationships. |
"It can affect your home because your identity, your address, a lot of the time, is out there. | "It can affect your home because your identity, your address, a lot of the time, is out there. |
"It can affect your job, it affects your reputation and can completely turn your life upside down. | "It can affect your job, it affects your reputation and can completely turn your life upside down. |
"So I think even before arrests are made, they should be more sure of their intelligence." | "So I think even before arrests are made, they should be more sure of their intelligence." |
Complex plots | Complex plots |
Ms Patel and three others were held in London on suspicion of commissioning, preparing or instigating acts of terrorism. | Ms Patel and three others were held in London on suspicion of commissioning, preparing or instigating acts of terrorism. |
The government wants to extend the time limit from 28 days because of the complexity of some terrorism plots. | The government wants to extend the time limit from 28 days because of the complexity of some terrorism plots. |
However, the Conservatives, Liberal Democrats and some Labour backbenchers have opposed previous attempts to do so. | However, the Conservatives, Liberal Democrats and some Labour backbenchers have opposed previous attempts to do so. |
In the interview, Ms Patel said she realised that many people would not understand how she could still pray for her husband. | In the interview, Ms Patel said she realised that many people would not understand how she could still pray for her husband. |
"If that happened to me, or my daughter, I would never forgive him if someone did that, if they'd taken my daughter's life," she said. | "If that happened to me, or my daughter, I would never forgive him if someone did that, if they'd taken my daughter's life," she said. |
"For me to get through this life, it makes it easier for me and for my daughter, I don't want her to grow up with hatred and it just makes things easier." | "For me to get through this life, it makes it easier for me and for my daughter, I don't want her to grow up with hatred and it just makes things easier." |
Fifty-two people died when Sidique Khan and three others bombed London's public transport system on 7 July 2005. | Fifty-two people died when Sidique Khan and three others bombed London's public transport system on 7 July 2005. |
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