Man admits bomb attack charge

12 April 2012

A man admitted withholding information about a failed suicide car bomb attack on Glasgow Airport.

Sabeel Ahmed, 26, pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey to failing to tell police information about the terrorist attack.

The trained doctor is the brother of Kafeel Ahmed, who was the driver of a burning Jeep Cherokee that was driven into the terminal building. He died later.

The doctor was arrested near Liverpool's Lime Street station on June 30 last year and was later charged under the Terrorism Act.

Ahmed, originally from Bangalore in India, but then living in Ramilies Road, Liverpool, was the third person charged in the investigation.

Two other men face a trial later this year accused of conspiracy to cause explosions.

On June 29 last year two cars containing petrol, gas cylinders and mobile phone detonators were discovered in central London.

The next day the burning car was driven into the main terminal building at Glasgow Airport.

Prosecutor Jonathan Laidlaw told the court that the airport attack was intended to be a suicide mission after the earlier attacks failed.

The attack caused panic within the terminal and a number of people suffered minor injuries in the "crushing" that followed.

Create a FREE account to continue reading

eros

Registration is a free and easy way to support our journalism.

Join our community where you can: comment on stories; sign up to newsletters; enter competitions and access content on our app.

Your email address

Must be at least 6 characters, include an upper and lower case character and a number

You must be at least 18 years old to create an account

* Required fields

Already have an account? SIGN IN

By clicking Create Account you confirm that your data has been entered correctly and you have read and agree to our Terms of use , Cookie policy and Privacy policy .

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Thank you for registering

Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged in