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Wednesday, February 01, 2012
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: A terrorist gang involved in a plot to blow up the London Stock Exchange, the American Embassy and the home of Boris Johnson could be free in just six years.
The group of four Qaeda-inspired fundamentalists admitted planning to send mail bombs to their targets during the run up to Christmas 2010 and discussed launching a Mumbai-style attack on Parliament.
But they could all be out after just six years after the two ringleaders of the group were given an indication of their sentences before deciding whether or not to plead guilty.
Mohammed Chowdhury, described as the group’s “lynchpin”, and Shah Rahman, his accomplice, pleaded guilty following a so-called Goodyear hearing where the judge gave them an indication of their maximum sentences should they plead guilty.
The judge, Mr Justice Wilkie, told Chowdhury, 21, that he would be sentenced to no more than 13 and half years, while Rahman, 28, was told he would be given 12 and a half years if he admitted his involvement in the plot.
The two, along with fellow conspirators Gurukanth Desai, 30, and Abdul Miah, 25, admitted the charges of preparing for acts of terrorism after being made aware of the sentences they were likely to serve.
It was part of a controversial 'Goodyear Direction' which allows defendants to judge whether they should plead guilty, depending on the sentence they are likely to face.
Had they been opted to go to trial instead and been found guilty by a jury, they would likely have been sentenced to approximately 20 years.
But now they could be out in fewer than six years. They will be released automatically at the half-way point in their sentence and spend the remainder on licence.
They will also have a year deducted for time already spent on remand. » | Mark Hughes, Tom Whitehead and Duncan Gardham | Wednesday, February 01, 2012
Monday, October 06, 2008
THE GUARDIAN: Rev Peter Mullen joked about homosexuals and Islam on an internet blog
A Church of England vicar could face disciplinary action for saying gay men should have "sodomy" warnings tattooed on their bodies.
The Rev Peter Mullen, the chaplain to the London Stock Exchange, made the remarks on his blog, which has since been removed from the web under an agreement with diocesan officials.
Mullen, 66, wrote it was time for religious believers to recommend the discouragement of homosexual practices in the style of cigarette packet warnings.
"Let us make it obligatory for homosexuals to have their backsides tattooed with the slogan sodomy can seriously damage your health and their chins with fellatio kills."
In a previous posting Mullen anticipated an "agreeable carnage" at the start of the annual Hajj, the Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca.
"They usually manage to stampede and slaughter quite a few hundred of their co-religionists. Just imagine for a moment what a field day the BBC and the leftwing press in England would have if anything even remotely as bad as that happened in Vatican Square at Christmas or Easter."
Mullen criticised the lack of jokes about Islam in the media, remarking that adherents "certainly lend themselves to ridicule: sticking their arses in the air five times a day. How about a few little choruses, 'Randy Muslims when they die/Find 70 virgins in the sky'?" Vicar Could Be Disciplined for Blog Slurs against Gays and Muslims >>> Riazat Butt, religious affairs correspondent | October 6, 2008
THEINDEPENDENT:
Clergyman Apologises over Call to Tattoo Gay People: A Church of England clergyman who wrote that gay men should be forced to have "sodomy" warnings tattooed on their bodies issued a "full and complete" apology for his remarks today.
The Rev Peter Mullen said his remarks were "injudicious" and had caused offence.
"I did not intend to cause any upset but I realise that the remarks were injudicious and I have caused offence. I want to issue an apology," he said.
In a statement, he said: "I did not intend to cause offence when I made some joking remarks about homosexuals.
"I was not actually meaning to criticise individual homosexual persons, but the promoters of gay culture.
"However, my remarks have caused offence and for this I am sorry and make a full and complete apology." >>> PA | October 7, 2008
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Monday, October 22, 2007
TIMESONLINE: London shares slide as investors react to a weaker US dollar and heavy overnight falls on Asian stock markets
The value of Britain’s biggest companies plunged this morning with 114 points wiped from the FTSE 100 as investors reacted to growing signs of global market turmoil.
The US dollar hovered near a record low overnight and stock markets in Asia suffered their biggest falls for weeks as traders took their lead from the brutal sell-off on Wall Street on Friday.
In London, the FTSE 100 was down 114.5 points at 6413.5 after opening with every single company in negative territory. Market turmoil sends London stocks plummeting (more)
THE GUARDIAN:
IMF warns of decline in global economy
BBC:
Dollar sinks to another euro low
FINANCIAL TIMES:
London shares join global equities downturn By Michael Hunter and Robert Orr
THE NEW YORK TIMES:
Buyers Pounce on Deals as Homes Go on the Block
NEUE ZÜRCHER ZEITUNG:
Schweizer Börse gibt deutlich nach: Banken unter Druck
Asiatische Börsen auf Talfahrt: Vier-Wochen-Tief in Tokio
LE MONDE:
Les marchés s'inquiètent du ralentissement économique américain
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