Bilal Abdulla erkjente at han passet definisjonen av terrorist, men påsto han bare hadde ønsket å skremme folk da han kjørte en Jeep Cherokee inn i terminalen på Glasgow flyplass. Men hvorfor pakket du bilen full av gasseholdere og spiker da? spurte aktor.

Abdulla ble kjent skyldig i å ha ønsket å påføre maksimal skade på folk og omgivelser. Han foretok to angrep sammen med ingeniøren Ahmed Khaleef. De forsøkte først å sprenge nattklubben TigerTiger i London, men siden de var amatører gikk ikke ladningen av. De forsto at de hadde lagt igjen mange spor og kjørte i all hast opp til Glasgow. Khaleef omkom i brannen i terminalen:

Abdulla admitted in court that he was «a terrorist» as defined by English law. He went on to say he believed the British government and Army could equally be accused of terrorism for their actions in Iraq.

But he added he had wanted to frighten people rather than murder them.

At the time of the attacks he was a junior doctor at the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley.

The jury at Woolwich Crown Court found Abdulla guilty of conspiracy to murder and conspiracy to cause explosions. He faces a life sentence but showed no reaction as the jury’s verdict was read out.

Investigators said they had been shocked to learn of Abdulla’s responsible, health sector background.

One senior detective added: «Just the whole idea of people who take the Hippocratic oath who then go on to wantonly seek to destroy human life in the most horrific way imaginable, that is what I find shocking.»

En annen lege, Mohammed Asha (28), ble frikjent. Han er også islamist, men ble frikjent for å ha ytt assistanse og medvirket til angrepene. Asha blir utvist fra Storbritannia, men stritter imot.

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