Brothers to face re-trial over alleged plot to attend terrorist camp

Jurors hearing the case failed to reach a verdict triggering a retrial which is due to take place in September.

The seven women and five men on the jury in the case 
of Muhammed Saeed Ahmed 
and Muhammed Naeem Ahmed were discharged yesterday, 
having sat in on the case 
since it began at the Old Bailey 
in London at the end of November.

Jurors spent seven days deliberating, but failed to agree on a majority verdict.

The brothers, aged 21 and 
20 and from Bradford, denied 
a charge of conspiring together and with others to attend 
a place used for terrorist 
training.

Jonathan Sandiford, prosecuting, had previously told the court that the pair had been observed by police and security services on “effectively training trips” in Snowdonia and the Brecon Beacons aimed at preparing themselves for stays in the Yemen and Afghanistan.

Items found during a search 
of the brothers’ bedrooms in 
2012 included a GPS device, night vision goggles, high quality LED torches and sleeping bags for 
use in very cold conditions in spite of the climate in Bangladesh 
being very hot and humid, he 
said.

Other items included high grade military clothing and a copy of an SAS survival handbook, he said.

But the Ahmeds’ father told the court his sons were merely preparing to go away on a family holiday.