DAD AN ERRORIST

‘Bomb’ mistrial bid after pop’s jury taint

The father of a Texas man on trial for his role in the failed bombing of a US Army base in Afghanistan nearly caused a mistrial in Brooklyn federal court Thursday — when he jumped into the elevator with jurors, proclaiming that he misses his son.

“I haven’t seen my son in 10 years,” Mohanad Mahmoud Al Farekh’s father told four jurors Wednesday night as they left the courthouse following a full day of deliberations. “Do you think that’s fair?”

Al Farekh’s lawyer, David Ruhnke, requested a mistrial first thing Thursday, saying he’d been alerted by his client’s brother that their overbearing father “had done something stupid.”

The rogue dad, Dr. Mahmoud Al Farekh, also admitted to Ruhnke — who had told him to stay away from the courthouse — that he’d asked the jurors, “Do you think it’s fair that I’ve not been able to kiss my son for 10 years?”

Despite Ruhnke’s instruction, the accused insurgent’s father flew in from Dubai to watch the proceedings.

Brooklyn federal court Judge Brian Cogan denied the mistrial motion, and the four tainted ju- rors were dismissed. They declined to speak to The Post as they left the courthouse.

Al Farekh is accused of taking part in a plot to bomb an Army base in 2009 with two explosiveladen trucks.

The first truck detonated at the gate, and the second fell into the blast crater without blowing up. Only the trucks’ drivers were killed.

Just three alternate jurors remained, and Cogan decided to sub them in for the missing four — creating an 11-person jury. The new panel now has to throw out two days of deliberations and start anew, Cogan told them.

As of Thursday afternoon, the father’s whereabouts remained unclear, and Cogan ruled that the anonymous jurors would be subject to partial sequestration for the rest of the trial — at least until the father was located.

The panel will now be escorted by federal marshals to an undisclosed location in the evening and be picked up from that location each morning.

Cogan stressed to the jurors they were in no danger, although he neglected to tell them about the overzealous dad.

Al Farekh faces life in prison if convicted.