Teen found guilty of tube bombing
Amid concerns about tailbacks and hold-ups at major ports – and the thorny issue of the Northern Irish border – officials are reported to have discussed the option of not applying checks to smooth the trade flow. THE father of a female engineering student allegedly attacked by a group of women has called for “justice” for his daughter.
Mariam Moustafa was left in a coma after a street assault in Nottingham on February 20 and died from her injuries on Wednesday.
The 18-year-old’s father Mohamed Moustafa said she was the victim of a previous attack and said his calls for help only came when his daughter died.
The student’s death has caused uproar in Egypt. PRINCE Harry has spoken of military budgets shrinking when he returned to the Army base where he learned to fly the deadly Apache helicopter to present wings to military flyers.
He told the 12 recipients, their families and senior military figures from the base at Middle Wallop in Hampshire: “You’re now going to end up flying some of the best aircraft that we have to offer.
“In certain areas budgets are being A “DEVIOUS” teenager is facing years in jail for the Parsons Green Tube bombing that injured 51 passengers.
Iraqi asylum seeker Ahmed Hassan, 18, plotted to cause carnage in central London under the nose of the anti-terrorism Prevent scheme.
He secretly made 400g of “Mother of Satan” explosives while his foster parents were away and packed the device with 2.2kg of screwdrivers, knives, nuts and bolts. The Old Bailey heard he wanted to avenge the death of his father in Iraq and was “disappointed” when the bomb only partly detonated in a huge fireball.
But Hassan said he only wanted to create a fire to fulfil a “fugitive fantasy” of being chased around Europe by Interpol.
It can now be reported he told a psychologist he was inspired by Tom Cruise’s Mission Impossible action films.
A jury deliberated for just over four hours to find Hassan guilty of attempted murder on what Mr Justice Haddon-Cave said was “overwhelming evidence”.
The court had heard Hassan told Home Office officials he was trained by Islamic State “to kill” after he arrived in Britain in shrunk, but essentially you guys are the assets, the aircraft is the asset and just don’t forget who you’re serving and who you’re supporting.”
Harry’s comment may be interpreted by some as support for the military and tacit criticism of rumoured Whitehall plans to make cuts to the military.
In recent months there has been widespread speculation about possible cuts to personnel and equipment owing the back of a lorry in 2015. He was referred by Barnardo’s and Surrey social services to Prevent, but kept his murderous plans a secret.
Commander Dean Haydon, head of Scotland Yard’s Counter Terrorism Command, said: “I describe Hassan as an intelligent and articulate individual that is devious and cunning in equal measures.
“On the one hand he was appearing to engage with the programme but he kept secret what he was planning and plotting.”
Mr Haydon said it was “good fortune” that the bomb did not fully detonate and kill and injure many passengers. The court had heard Hassan was taken in by foster parents Penny and Ron Jones MBE, and to major pressure on the defence budget, alongside calls from MPs to increase spending to three per cent of GDP.
Labour peer Lord West of Spithead said: “Any royal ‘stands into danger’ when he makes comments that directly relate to political issues. I am delighted he is saying it because it is true.”
Liberal Democrat Lord Campbell said: “It may not quite be a royal command, but it’s as close as you can get.” excelled at Brooklands College in Weybridge.
But the “shy and polite” young man harboured anger at Britain for bombing Iraq.
His college mentor contacted Prevent after he said it was his “duty to hate Britain” and received a WhatsApp message about an IS donation. Katie Cable became concerned again just two months before the bombing when he texted her: “But your country continues to bomb my people.”
Mr and Mrs Jones, who did not give evidence, also contacted social services amid “significant concerns” for his mental health during that summer.
The couple were on holiday in Blackpool when Hassan assembled the ingredients for homemade explosives in his bedroom in Sunbury, Surrey. He used his student of the year award of a £20 Amazon voucher to buy one of the key chemicals online.
On the morning of September 15 last year, he caught a train to Wimbledon carrying his bomb inside a Lidl bag. He set the bomb to blow before boarding the District Line and got off the train one stop before it partially exploded at Parsons Green.
He will be sentenced next week.