Arafat Waheed Khan

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Arafat Waheed Khan (born 18 May 1981) 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.^[1]

[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] Timeline

10th August 2006 Suspect arrested by British authorities.

11th August 2006 Assets are frozen by the Bank of England and name published.

21st August 2006 Appearance at City of Westminster Magistrates' Court. Charged with conspiracy to murder and preparing acts of terrorism.

4th September 2006 Appearance in court via a video link from Belmarsh Prison before the Old Bailey. Remanded in custody for 2 weeks.

18th September 2006 Appearance in court via a video link from Belmarsh Prison before the Old Bailey. Remanded in custody until 27th October.

27th October 2007 Scheduled court appearance.

18th May 2007 Defendant pleads not guilty to the charges. Trial due to begin April 2008.

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