Ex-county doctor denies blast plot
Friday 20th June 2008, 11:50AM BST.
A former Shropshire doctor pleaded not guilty today to charges of plotting to explode car bombs in London and Glasgow. Mohammed Asha, 27, appeared at the Old Bailey via video link.
His co-accused Bilal Abdullah, 28, appeared alongside him, also via video link.
The men are accused of conspiracy to murder and to cause explosions between January 1, 2006, and July 1, 2007.
During a 30-minute hearing, which consisted of mostly legal argument, the two men formally denied the charges.
Asha, who was wearing a white open-necked shirt, took notes on a laptop computer throughout the hearing as he sat beside Abdullah.
Asha worked as a junior doctor at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital until August last year.
It is believed he also worked at Telford’s Princess Royal Hospital during that period.
Mr Justice Mackay said a trial, expected to last 12 weeks, will begin on October 2 at Woolwich Crown Court.
Abdullah, of the Royal Alexandra Hospital, Paisley, was arrested after a burning Jeep was driven into Glasgow Airport on June 30 last year.
Asha, of Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, was arrested on the M6 motorway in Cheshire later that day.
The previous day police found two Mercedes cars laden with gas canisters and petrol in central London.
The case was adjourned until July 25 when a pre-trial review will take place at the Old Bailey.
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