Nicky Reilly, Muslim Convert, Jailed for 18 Years for Exeter Bomb Attack
TIMES ONLINE: A vulnerable Muslim convert who was persuaded online by shadowy Pakistan-based extremists into trying to carry out a suicide bomb attack on a busy restaurant was jailed for a minimum of 18-years today.

Nicky Reilly, 22, who has Asperger's syndrome and a mental age of 10, was described as the “least cunning” person ever to have been charged with terrorism.

He was directed how to build bombs filled with hundreds of nails, which he attempted to detonate at the Giraffe restaurant in Exeter in May.

But the devices went off prematurely and the only person injured was him. >>> Adam Fresco, Crime Correspondent | Friday, January 30, 2009

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Muslim Convert’s Home Searched after Exeter Blast
YAHOO! NEWS: Detectives are searching a home linked to a suspected convert to Islam arrested after an explosion in a city centre restaurant.

Armed officers raided the home in King Street, Plymouth, connected to 22-year-old Nicky Reilly.

Devon and Cornwall Deputy Chief Constable Tony Melville said Reilly appeared to be a "vulnerable" individual who had been "preyed upon" and "radicalised".

The officer, near the Giraffe restaurant in Exeter where the blast happened just before 1pm on Thursday, said: "Our investigations so far indicate that Reilly, who has a history of mental illness, had adopted the Islamic faith. Convert's Home Searched After Blast >>> | May 23, 2008

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