Ramzi Mohammed
| Ramzi Mohammed | |
|---|---|
| Born |
18 August 1981 Somalia |
| Arrested |
27 July 2005 Heybarnes Road, Small Heath, Birmingham West Midlands Police |
| Citizenship | British, Somalian |
| Charge(s) | convicted for his role in the attempted 21 July attacks on London's public transport system. |
| Penalty | found guilty at Woolwich Crown Court of conspiracy to murder and sentenced to life imprisonment, with a minimum of forty years before being considered for release |
| Status | In prison |
Ramzi Mohammed (Arabic: رمزي محمد) (born 18 August 1981) is a Somalian national convicted of involvement in the attempted London bombing of 21 July 2005.
Ramzi is currently serving a minimum of 40 years for conspiracy to murder on the Oval tube station train. He was arrested sharing an apartment with Muktar Said Ibrahim on 29 July 2005, amid allegations that he was the so-called 'bus bomber'.[1] During the arrest, which reportedly culminated in Ramzi and Ibrahim standing near-naked on their balcony to avoid tear gas that police had used,[2] Ramzi is reported to have repeatedly shouted "I have rights, I have rights!" to the media covering the event.
Later, it was discovered that Ramzi had tried to have the local imam at Muslim Cultural Heritage Centre in North Kensington removed over religious disagreements.[3] Together with his brother Whabi Mohammad, Ramzi used to set up a table with Islamic literature at local football games.[4]
His brother Whabi Mohammad was also arrested in a separate raid outside Notting Hill[5]
In February 2007 he stood trial along with 5 others for his part in the bombings.[6] On 24 January, the court released dramatic video of Ramzi Mohammed attempting to detonate his device. The carriage quickly emptied, apart from one man who stayed behind to reason with him, an off-duty fireman named Angus Campbell.[7]
On 9 July 2007 Ramzi Mohammed was found guilty at Woolwich Crown Court of conspiracy to murder and sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of forty years.[8]
An appeal by Mohammed, Yassin Omar, and Muktar Said Ibrahim in the European Court of Human Rights to have their convictions overturned was rejected in 2014.[9]
See also
References
- ↑ IOL | Police arrest fifth London bomb suspect
- ↑ http://service.spiegel.de/cache/international/0,1518,368492,00.html
- ↑ Bombing suspect tried to have moderate imam sacked - Sunday Times - Times Online
- ↑ Possible suspect described as a devout dreamer - The Boston Globe
- ↑ News - Telegraph
- ↑ BBC NEWS | Special Reports | 21 July trial
- ↑ BBC NEWS | UK | Court shown dramatic 21 July film
- ↑ BBC NEWS | UK | Four guilty over 21/7 bomb plot
- ↑ "July 21 failed London bombers lose appeal". Telegraph. 16 December 2014. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
External links
- Film-clip used as evidence. ; After an unsuccessful detonation Ramzi Mohammed are in discussion with the fireman Angus Campbell. ESD are pulled and he manages to escape from the people trying to catch him at the Oval station. He was later arrested.
- BBC ; Report BBC News
