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BBC News - Siddique released after terror conviction quashed

A man branded a "wannabe suicide bomber" by prosecutors will not face a retrial on terrorism charges.

Mohammed Atif Siddique, 24, a student from Alva, Clackmannanshire, was found guilty under terrorism laws in 2007.

But Appeal Court judges in Edinburgh said on 29 January he had suffered a "miscarriage of justice" on one of the charges and quashed the conviction.

The Crown Office has said it does not wish to seek a fresh prosecution. Siddique has now been released.



Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Tue Feb 9th, 2010 at 02:08:00 PM EST
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what they mean is they haven't got a shred of evidence to back up the outrageous slurs they've made on his character, but cannot bring themselves to admit they were wrong.

keep to the Fen Causeway
by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Tue Feb 9th, 2010 at 06:12:37 PM EST
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However, the public remembers the terrorist convictions, albeit in a very hazy and fuzzy way, and the dog whistle will be used again when it's needed.
by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Wed Feb 10th, 2010 at 06:37:07 AM EST
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