Failed 21/7 London bombers lose European court appeal

Tuesday 30th December 2014 15:43 EST
 

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.
Ramzi Mohammed, Muktar Said Ibrahim and Yassin Omar were found guilty of conspiracy to murder and sentenced to minimum terms of 40 years' imprisonment. Muktar Said Ibrahim Muktar Said Ibrahim was captured on CCTV on board a bus. A fourth defendant, Ismail Abdulrahman, was convicted in 2008 of assisting one of the failed bombers and failing to disclose information about the planned attacks. He was sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment, which was reduced to eight years on appeal.


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