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Airliners bomb plot: The Verdicts

Abdulla Ahmed Ali, Tanvir Hussain, and Assad Sarwar have been found guilty of plotting to suicide-bomb transatlantic planes with home-made liquid bombs. The three were found guilty at an earlier trial of conspiracy to murder - but that jury could not decide whether the three men's plans extended to planes. The table below gives details of the verdicts at both trials.

TRIAL VERDICTS

Conspiracy to murder using explosives on aircraft Conspiracy to murder persons unknown Conspiracy to commit public nuisance (First trial only) Conspiracy to cause explosions (First trial only)

Abdulla Ahmed Ali
First trial : No verdict
Retrial: Guilty
Jailed 40 yrs
First trial: Guilty Pleaded guilty Pleaded guilty

Assad Sarwar
First trial : No verdict Retrial: Guilty
Jailed 36 yrs
First trial: Guilty Pleaded guilty Pleaded guilty

Tanvir Hussain
First trial: No verdict Retrial: Guilty
Jailed 32 yrs
First trial: Guilty Pleaded guilty Pleaded guilty

Umar Islam
First trial: No verdict Retrial: Hung verdict First trial: No verdict Retrial: Guilty Pleaded guilty N/A

Ibrahim Savant
First trial: No verdict Retrial: Not guilty First trial: No verdict Retrial: Hung verdict Pleaded guilty N/A

Arafat Khan
First trial: No verdict Retrial: Not guilty First trial: No verdict Retrial: Hung verdict Pleaded guilty N/A

Waheed Zaman
First trial: No verdict Retrial: Not guilty First trial: No verdict Retrial: Hung verdict Pleaded guilty N/A
Conspiracy to murder using explosives on aircraft Conspiracy to murder persons unknown Conspiracy to commit public nuisance (First trial only) Conspiracy to cause explosions (First trial only)

Following defendant prosecuted once as part of second trial


Donald Stewart-Whyte
Not guilty Not guilty N/A N/A

Following defendant prosecuted only once during first trial


Mohammed Gulzar
Not guilty Not guilty N/A N/A


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