Sister’s call to free bomb plotter

    The teenage sister of suicide bomb plotter Atif Siddique has started an internet campaign to have her brother released, it was reported. Ayesha Siddique, 17, claims “there is no such thing as justice” on her Bebo page. Ayesha, of Alva, Clackmannanshire, describes her jailed brother, 21, as a “darling” and asks people to back a…

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      Police track 20 more terror plot suspects

      A hard core of 20 Islamic extremists with links to foreign terror groups is operating north of the Border and poses a “significant” risk to public safety, Scotland on Sunday can reveal. Senior intelligence insiders have revealed the suspects – many of them born and brought up in Scotland – pose a similar threat to…

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        ‘Wannabe suicide bomber’ guilty verdict ‘tragedy for justice’

        The verdict over a British-born Muslim student found guilty of a series of terrorism offences on Monday has been described as “tragedy for justice and for freedom of speech”. The “wannabe suicide bomber” Mohammed Atif Siddique, 21, could face 15-years in jail for allegedly providing training material on booby-trap bomb making and threatening to become…

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          Scottish student convicted on terror charges

          A 21-year-old student was convicted today of possessing CDs and computer material linked to Islamist terrorism, along with threatening to become a suicide bomber and other offences. He faces a potential jail sentence of up to 15 years, the trial judge has warned. Following the verdict, police said Mohammed Atif Siddique, from Alva, Clackmannanshire near…

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