Airline “Liquid Bomb” Plot

Tuckers are acting for 5 defendants in the ‘airline liquid bomb plot’, described by the prosecution as the most serious terrorist plot ever to be hatched against the UK with a view to blowing up numerous Trans-Atlantic airliners in flight.

The case has been ongoing for 3 years due to a re- trial, following a jury’s failure to agree a verdict on the most serious charge. The case has now gone to a third trial following the acquittal of one client on the most serious charge, but a failure to reach a verdict on the lesser charge. We continue to act for the other 3 defendants on appeals following the legal basis of the re- trial, and for a further defendant who has just been aquitted of all charges.

The case involved the assessment of a huge amount of diverse evidence from computer material, covert audio recordings, video evidence and e-mail intercepts.