Yasin Hassan Omar Explained

Birth Date:1983 1, df=yes
Birth Place:Somalia
Date Of Arrest:27 July 2005
Place Of Arrest:Heybarnes Road, Small Heath, Birmingham
Arresting Authority:West Midlands Police
Citizenship:British, Somali
Alias:Yassen
Charge:Conspiracy to murder
Attempted murder
Possession of explosives
Penalty:Life imprisonment, with possibility of parole after forty years served
Status:Incarcerated
Partner:Fardosa Abdullah
Yasin Hassan Omar

Yasin Hassan Omar (sometimes spelt Yassin; born 1 January 1983) is a British Somali convicted terrorist. Omar was arrested and tried for his involvement in the attempted 21 July attacks on London's public transport system. He was found guilty of attempting to detonate a device on the London Underground Victoria line tube train between Warren Street and Oxford Circus tube stations.[1] In August 2005 police gave his age as 24 after his arrest.[2]

Omar's background

Omar was originally from Somalia and arrived in the UK as a child dependent of asylum seekers, in 1992. He was granted indefinite leave to remain in 2000.[1]

Arrest

Omar was one of four men arrested on Wednesday 27 July 2005 at 0430 BST, in a property on Heybarnes Road, in the Small Heath area of Birmingham. He was then taken to London's Paddington Green police station for questioning.[3]

Police used a 'Taser' stun gun to detain him. This was criticised as an incredible risk by Metropolitan Police Commissioner Ian Blair, saying "If there is a bomb on that body, then the bomb is going to go off". West Midlands Police disagreed and said Sir Ian Blair did not know the full circumstances surrounding the arrest, but they still voluntarily referred the matter to the Independent Police Complaints Commission.[4]

Charges

On 6 August 2005 he was charged with four criminal charges:[2]

Trial

On 28 April 2006, Omar, along with his co-accused pleaded not guilty to all charges against him[5] and was placed on trial with 5 other suspects.[6]

His fiancée, Fardosa Abdullah, was arrested on 4 October 2006. She was charged with assisting Omar in evading arrest and with failing to disclose information which could have led to Omar's arrest or conviction "as soon as reasonably practicable".[7] She was subsequently jailed for three years.[8]

On 9 July 2007, Yasin Hassan Omar was found guilty at Woolwich Crown Court of conspiracy to murder[9] and sentenced to life imprisonment, with a minimum of 40 years before being considered for release.[10]

Appeal

In April 2008, the court of appeal judges dismissed a challenge by Ibrahim, Omar, Mohammed and Osman to their convictions.[11]

In December 2014, an appeal to the European Court of Human Rights lodged in 2008 by the bombers, claiming that their rights were breached in the 'safety interviews' after their arrests, was rejected.[12]

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4716535.stm BBC News UK – Bombings police search seized car
  2. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4128394.stm BBC News UK – London bomb suspect Omar charged
  3. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4720027.stm BBC News UK – Tube bomb suspect held by police
  4. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4726485.stm BBC News UK – Police play down Taser blast risk
  5. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4953678.stm BBC News UK – Five deny July bomb plot charges
  6. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/uk/2007/21_july_trial/default.stm BBC News 21 July Bombings Trial Portal
  7. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/5407104.stm BBC News UK – Woman in court over July 'plot'
  8. News: 2008-07-11. 21 July plotter's fiancee jailed. en-GB. 2021-03-11.
  9. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6284350.stm BBC NEWS | UK | Four guilty over 21/7 bomb plot
  10. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6291238.stm BBC NEWS | UK | Four 21/7 bomb plotters get life
  11. News: July 21 bomb plotters lose appeal 23 April 2008. The Guardian. 23 April 2008 . 31 December 2016 . Siddique . Haroon .
  12. Web site: July 21 failed London bombers lose appeal 16 December 2014. The Telegraph. 16 December 2014 . 31 December 2016.