One of the men convicted of helping the failed 21/7 London bombers has been awarded €16,000 (£13,600) in legal costs by the European court of human rights on the grounds that his right to a fair trial was violated. The decision by the upper appeal chamber of the Strasbourg court is a surprise following a series of unsuccessful legal challenges by those behind the failed attacks on the UK capital’s underground system on 21 July 2005. Abdurahman was initially interviewed as a witness before being charged with assisting one of the bombers and of failing to disclose information about the attack. The consequence was that Mr Abdurahman had been misled as to his procedural rights.” His claim for damages was dismissed but he was granted €16,000 towards his legal costs. The ECHR judges recognised, however, that officers at the time had been working to prevent any further suicide bomb attacks.

Source: The Guardian September 13, 2016 14:18 UTC