Friday, June 13, 2008

UK: Wife Sentenced To 15 Years For Failing To Disclose 7/21 Bomb Plot

From CNN:


LONDON, England (CNN) -- The wife of a would-be London train bomber was
sentenced Thursday to 15 years in jail for failing to tell police about her
husband's plan to attack an Underground station three years ago, the court and
police said.

Yeshi Girma, 31, is the wife of Hussain Osman, one of four
men seen on closed-circuit TV attempting to detonate backpacks containing
homemade explosives on three London underground trains and a bus on July 21,
2005.

Girma's sentence was handed down a day after she and her brother
and sister were convicted of assisting an offender and not disclosing
information about terrorism acts, Metropolitan Police said.

Following a
four-month trial, Girma was also convicted of having prior knowledge of the
planned attacks and failing to pass information to the authorities.

According to police, Girma actively helped her husband escape after the
failed bombings and tried to mislead the police in their inquiries to find
Osman.

Her brother received a 10-year sentence and her sister received a
15-year sentence for their roles.

Osman was convicted and imprisoned for
life last year for his part in the attempted bombings.

Four others
involved in the London plot -- including the three others caught on surveillance
video -- were also imprisoned for their role in the attempted bombings.

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