Posted on 10/12/2007 10:15:56 AM PDT by Stoat
Dhiren Barot planned to bomb the New York Stock Exchange, the International Monetary Fund HQ and London
The 22-year-old inmate is accused of scarring for life Dhiren Barot, who was jailed for life for leading a British-based terrorist cell that plotted bombings across the world.
Barot's lawyer claimed he had the boiling oil thrown over him during the attack in the high security Frankland Prison in County Durham.
The unnamed prisoner faces charges of wounding and assault occasioning actual bodily harm following the incident on July 6.
He will appear in court later this month.
After the alleged attack, which left Barot, 35, with excruciating burns, a news blackout was imposed to protect medical staff from possible attack while he was treated at Newcastle's Royal Victoria Infirmary.
A Durham Police spokesman said today in a statement: "A prison inmate from Sunderland has been charged with an assault at Durham's top security Frankland Jail this year.
"The victim, a 35-year-old Category A prisoner, suffered burns to his body and face in the alleged attack on July 6.
"He was treated for several days at Newcastle's Royal Victoria Infirmary before being readmitted to the prison.
"Police inquiries have been taking place since then and this morning detectives from Durham charged a 22-year-old from Sunderland with wounding and assault occasioning actual bodily harm.
"He is due to appear before magistrates at Peterlee on October 23."
Barot was sentenced to life, with a minimum term of 30 years, for planning to plant radioactive, chemical or toxic gas bombs and pack limousines with nails and explosives in the UK and America.
The al Qaida mastermind had been moved to Frankland from Belmarsh jail, south east London, after fears for his safety.
Barot was arrested in August 2004 and accused of conspiracy to murder.
He admitted planning to bomb several targets including the New York Stock Exchange, the International Monetary Fund HQ, and the World Bank.
Barot, who recruited other bomb plotters, was sentenced to life in prison last November.
It was recommended he serve 40 years but that was cut to 30 years on appeal in May.
Barot was born in India then moved to Kenya with his family.
They came to England in 1973 and his banker father had to work in a factory to support them.
Hindu Barot converted to Islam aged 20. He later travelled to Pakistan for al Qaida training and funding.
It happened in July, but I'm thinking of book marking this page so I can repost it every few months to boost our morale.
A good story is well worth retelling ever once in a while.
YAWN!
Hopefully it was boiling LARD!!!
It is clearly the will of Allah, is it not?
He looks just like Jimmy Smits. I thought it was a joke when I first saw it.
ROTFLMAO
Spot The Sautéed Terrorist:
I called and the man who answered the telephone didn’t know who I was talking about. Another man came to the phone and he could not believe that I thought this man was a hero to the free world.
“They came to England in 1973 and his banker father had to work in a factory to support them. “
Very strange sentence.
Jimmy Smits is finally paying for his acting plague on America.
Oh Lawdy, how monstrously, crushingly depressing.
"sigh"
It could well be that you're the first who thought to call re this issue (FReepers are usually on the cutting edge of things), but I'm guessing that as time wears on and this story gets more circulation, they will be inundated and everyone there will be fully aware of who this guy is.
Also, it's possible that the posted phone number is routed to a 'call center' at a different location than the actual prison.
Thanks for calling though....they obviously are in dire need of more sentiment such as what you expressed.
Probably just boiling water with lots of sugar melted in it so it sticks to the skin, have to make do when you’re banged up at Her Majestys pleasure.
Actually, greasy.
did this terrorist actually do anything nasty before getting imprisoned or got caught ‘planning stuff?’
sounds like planning only, so why call him a ‘mastermind’.
he is more like a dangerous unaccomplished piece of trash
A Terrorist Tempura.
Maybe the prisoner who committed the attack will get ‘time off for good behavior’?
Maybe ‘twas boiling lard?
While the prisoner who did this may be a bit of an impetuous scamp; I believe he should be paroled and given a new identity to protect him from the otherworldly beasts.
I’d imagine that terrorists are on a par with child molestors in the prison hierarchy.
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