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| Failed 21/7 London bombers lose European court appeal | |
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| Four men jailed over a failed plot to bomb the London transport network on 21 July 2005 have lost an appeal at the European Court of Human Rights. | |
| Three of the men claimed their human rights had been breached because statements they made to police without lawyers present had been used as evidence. | |
| A fourth man argued he had been treated unfairly when interviewed as a witness. | A fourth man argued he had been treated unfairly when interviewed as a witness. |
| The court ruled no prejudice had been caused to their right to a fair trial. | The court ruled no prejudice had been caused to their right to a fair trial. |
| The men were convicted in 2007 over a botched attempt to repeat the attacks in London of 7 July 2005. | |
| The failed bombers targeted three Tube trains and a bus - as happened on 7/7 - but their devices failed to explode. | |
| Ramzi Mohammed, Muktar Said Ibrahim and Yassin Omar were found guilty of conspiracy to murder and sentenced to minimum terms of 40 years' imprisonment. | |
| A fourth defendant, Ismail Abdulrahman, was convicted of assisting one of the failed bombers and failing to disclose information about the planned attacks. He was sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment. | |
| Manhunt | |
| Because the bombs did not explode, police were able to recover forensic material from the scenes of the attacks. CCTV images of the bombers were also available. | |
| A huge manhunt followed, with the men named and pictures published. Within eight days, two of the bombers were arrested in London, one in Birmingham and one in Rome. |