Waheed Zaman

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Waheed Zaman (born 27 May 1984) 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 bank accounts were frozen by the Bank of England.^[1]

He is a final year biomedical science^[2] student at London Metropolitan University. He is president of the college Islamic society, which is affiliated to the Federation of Student Islamic Societies (FOSIS), and lives opposite the Queen’s Road mosque where at least eight of the suspects are believed to have worshipped. Friends have suggested that he was too busy revising for exams to be a bomb plotter. A Tabligh Jamaat follower the group’s preachers regularly visited the mosque where most of those arrested in East London worshipped.^[3]

[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 Next scheduled court appearance.

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