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London blast suspects on trial
15/01/2007 12:15 - (SA)
London - The highly-charged trial of six men accused of attempting to repeat a series of deadly bombings on London's transport system in July 2005 was set to begin on Monday.
The trial, expected to take up to four months, is likely to become one of the most high-profile cases involving alleged terrorism seen in Britain.
In court last year the accused, all Muslims, denied charges of conspiracy to murder and conspiracy to cause explosions likely to endanger life during a bid to set off bombs on three Underground trains and a bus on July 21, 2005.
The failed attacks came exactly two weeks after four Islamist bombers blew themselves up on three Underground trains and a bus, killing themselves and 52 other people while hurting some 700 others in Britain's worst peacetime terrorist incident.
Muktar Said Ibrahim, Manfo Kwaku Asiedu, Hussain Osman, Yassin Omar, Ramzi Mohammed and Adel Yahya - many of whom are of east African origin - are stand trial at Woolwich Crown Court in southeast London under tight security.
Lawyer Nigel Sweeney was expected to open the case for the crown prosecution service.
The prosecution's case is expected to take between six and eight weeks.
The jury, made up of nine women and three men, was selected last week and the case will be heard by judge Adrian Fulford.
- AFP
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