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http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/Muslim-convert-left-fake-nailbomb.4237292.jp

“Muslim convert left fake nailbomb on bus, court told”

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “A WHITE Muslim convert planted a hoax bomb on a bus full of people with a note saying that ‘Britain must be punished’, a court was told today.

Nicholas Roddis, 22, is thought to have disguised himself with a long black beard before planting the fake home-made nailbomb on a crowded bus in Rotherham, in May last year.

Leeds Crown Court was told Roddis, of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, had recently learnt the teachings of Islam in a move to convert over to the religion and had even recorded the preachings of disgraced cleric Abu Hamza.”

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “On May 8 last year, a man disguised with a long black beard boarded a bus with two carrier bags, he told the jury.

Not long after he disembarked, leaving one bag behind. A passenger checked inside and saw three packages with nails, wire, a working clock and a note with foreign writing on it.

“Obviously this man was convinced he was looking straight at a bomb and shouted to the driver and the police were called,” Mr Brown said.

Fifty homes were evacuated and a 100 metre cordon was thrown up around the bus, while the bomb was detonated in a controlled explosion and found to be a hoax.”

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “The writing on the piece of paper was in Arabic and read “There is no God but Allah and Mohammed is the messenger of Allah. God is great, god is great, god is great. Britain must be punished.” It was signed Al Qaeda Organisation of Iraq.

When Roddis was arrested at a house where he was a lodger in Rotherham a large quantity of extremist material was seized.

Mr Brown told the court it was a collection of most of the material needed to make some form of explosive device capable of causing alarm.

“There was electronic and hard copies of ‘how to build a bomb’ and the chemicals needed were in a cupboard,” he said.”

Last Updated: 30 June 2008 5:48 PM
Source: n/a
Location: Yorkshire

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7482312.stm

Page last updated at 19:15 GMT, Monday, 30 June 2008 20:15 UK

“Bomb hoax suspect was ‘extremist’”

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Mr Brown added that police searching Mr Roddis’s lodgings found acetone, hydrogen peroxide, a quantity of nails and a false beard.

He told the jury: “He [Mr Roddis] had developed a close interest in what amounts to radical and extremist Islamic activities and radical and extremist Islamic violence.”

The court heard Mr Roddis got a job at the Sheffield firm Loans Assured where he disturbed Muslim colleagues by showing them video clips, including beheadings.

Mr Brown said the defendant downloaded documents from the internet about bomb-making and had a collection of extremist material.”