Ibrahim Savant

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Ibrahim Savant (born 19 December 1980) (formerly Oliver Savant^[1]) is one of the suspects arrested in the UK in connection to the 2006 transatlantic aircraft terrorist plot in the United Kingdom, and one of the nineteen whose accounts were frozen by the Bank of England.^[2]

1 Charges
2 Background
3 Timeline
4 References

[edit] Charges

On diverse days between 1 January 2006 and 10 August 2006 within the jurisdiction of the Central Criminal Court conspired with other persons to murder other persons (contrary to Section 1 (1) of the Criminal Law Act 1977).

On diverse days between 1 January 2006 and 10 August 2006 within the jurisdiction of the Central Criminal Court with the intention of committing acts of terrorism engaged in conduct to give effect to their intention to smuggle the component parts of improvised explosive devices onto aircraft and assemble and detonate them on board. Contrary to Section 5 (1) of the Terrorism Act 2006.

[edit] Background

Oliver Savant was born and grew up in Walthamstow, East London. He studied at local schools and was said to be a keen football player. In 1998 Oliver Savant converted to Islam and this is when he decided to change his name to Ibrahim Savant.

Savant's family includes his father, an Iranian architect, his mother, an English accountant, and a brother named Adam. Paul Kleinman, a retired fireman and friend of the family described him: "He used to be a keen trumpet player and played to a high level. He’s a very nice and polite young man." ^[3].