London, July 12: Three British Muslims on Monday were sentenced to life terms in prison for plotting to blow up planes mid-flight between the UK and the United States and Canada by using liquid explosives. The verdict came after they faced their third trial in the case.
The Woolwich Crown court on Monday sentenced the trio — Ibrahim Savant, 29, Arafat Waheed Khan, 29, and Waheed Zaman,
26, — for life, to serve a minimum punishment of 20 years each, after being found guilty of conspiracy to murder.
The London-based men were part of a group of seven suspects who were arrested for the liquid bomb plot in the UK in August 2006. The arrests in 2006 had led to a ban on airline passengers travelling to and from airports in Britain from carrying liquids in the hand baggage.