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Gareth Peirce: There are serious questions over the Birmingham terror trial
Three men from Birmingham and a man from Stoke-on-Trent were convicted last week of plotting terror attacks. Naweed Ali, Khobaib Hussain, Mohibur Rahman and Tahir Aziz were jailed for life on Thursday of last week. The court heard that the men had planned to...
Serious questions remain after multi-million pound Birmingham terror trial
London – The case of three Birmingham men – and a fourth from Stoke-On-Trent – convicted this week for hatching a terror plot involving a meat cleaver and a pipe bomb, raises serious questions regarding entrapment, police conduct and due process. Text messages...
‘Three musketeers’ terror trial endangered by juror crush
A counter-terrorism officer allegedly laughed and joked about a young female juror fancying him but failed to recognise the looming danger to his multimillion-pound case. The bizarre episode towards the end of the “Three Musketeers” trial was more akin to Celebrity...
Jury begins deliberations in ‘Three Musketeers’ terror trial
The jury in the trial of four men accused of plotting a Lee Rigby-style attack has been sent out to begin its deliberations. Members of the alleged terror cell, who called themselves the "Three Musketeers" in chats on the encrypted messaging app Telegram, were...
Lawyer claims alleged terror cell subject to ‘one of the most unfair trials there has ever been in the history of British justice’
The alleged Three Musketeers terror cell have been subjected to "one of the most unfair trials there has ever been in the history of British justice", a defence lawyer has said. Convicted terrorist Naweed Ali along with three other men from the West Midlands are on...
‘Three Musketeers’ terror suspects claimed they were only interested in playing Fifa, court hears
A gang of terror suspects who dubbed themselves the "Three Musketeers" claimed they could not have been plotting a bomb and knife rampage because they were only interested in playing the Fifa video game, a court heard. Naweed Ali, 29, Khobaib Hussain, 24 and...
West Midlands police unit accused of perjury and falsifying evidence
A West Midlands police counter-terrorism unit has been accused in court of perjury, falsifying notebooks and hiding text messages related to the trial of a group of terror suspects who called themselves the “Three Musketeers”. Simon Hussey, a senior officer in West...
‘Three Musketeers” terror trial: Jurors to hear evidence in secret for next three days
The trial of the alleged "Three Musketeers" terror cell was plunged into secrecy as jurors were told they would hear evidence behind closed doors for the next three days. Naweed Ali, 29, Khobaib Hussain, 25, Mohibur Rahman, 32, and Tahir Aziz, 38, are on trial at the...
Undercover police officer in terror swoop planted evidence, jury told
An undercover police officer was a “criminal operative” who planted evidence including an apparent pipe bomb and handgun in the car of a terrorism suspect, a jury has heard. The claim was made during the officer’s cross-examination at the trial of a group of men from...