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Five guilty of helping 21/7 plot Five jailed for helping 21/7 plot
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Five men who helped the bombers in the aftermath of the failed London attacks on 21 July 2005 have been found guilty of terror charges. Five men who helped the bombers in the aftermath of the failed London attacks on 21 July 2005 have been jailed for terror charges.
Kingston Crown Court heard they had provided the plotters with safe houses, passports, clothing and food.Kingston Crown Court heard they had provided the plotters with safe houses, passports, clothing and food.
All denied failing to report terrorism information and assisting an offender.All denied failing to report terrorism information and assisting an offender.
Muhedin Ali, 29, Wahbi Mohammed, 25, Ismail Abdurahman, 25, Siraj Ali, 32, and Abdul Sherif, 30, all from London, are to be sentenced within hours. Muhedin Ali, 29, Wahbi Mohammed, 25, Ismail Abdurahman, 25, Siraj Ali, 32, and Abdul Sherif, 30, were all living in London.
Siraj Ali and Mohammed were also convicted of having prior knowledge of the plot to explode devices on the London transport network.Siraj Ali and Mohammed were also convicted of having prior knowledge of the plot to explode devices on the London transport network.
'Integral part'
The four men behind that plot - Muktar Ibrahim, Yassin Omar, Ramzi Mohammed and Hussein Osman - were all jailed for life last year over the attempted attacks.The four men behind that plot - Muktar Ibrahim, Yassin Omar, Ramzi Mohammed and Hussein Osman - were all jailed for life last year over the attempted attacks.
They had tried to detonate devices on Tube trains at Shepherd's Bush, Warren Street and Oval stations and on a bus in Shoreditch, east London.They had tried to detonate devices on Tube trains at Shepherd's Bush, Warren Street and Oval stations and on a bus in Shoreditch, east London.
The court heard how after their attempts failed, Sherif played an "integral part" in arranging for his brother Osman to travel to Italy to stay with other family members. Scotland Yard Assistant Commissioner Peter Clarke said the two men who knew of the plot before it happened and failed to alert the authorities were "despicable".
Osman took the Eurostar from Waterloo using his brother's passport but was eventually arrested in Rome. "The bombers of July 21 2005 wanted to repeat the carnage of 7/7 by killing and maiming passengers on the London transport system. It was only through luck that they failed," he said.
Wahbi Mohammed was the brother of another of the 21 July plotters, Ramzi Mohammed. The others, he added, had contributed to the public's fear of terrorism at that time by helping the bombers escape immediate capture.
The court heard Wahbi Mohammed took a video camera used to record suicide messages from his brother's address in Dalgarno Gardens, north Kensington, and a suicide note intended for his family.
The jurors - seven men and four women - returned their verdicts after more than 10 days of deliberation.
Between them, the five men were convicted of 22 charges of failing to disclose information about terrorism and assisting an offender.
Sherif was cleared of three further counts of failing to disclose information about acts of terrorism, including having prior knowledge of the attacks.
Muhedin Ali was also cleared of two counts of having prior knowledge.