CPS defends bomb plotter decision, The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has defended its decision not to charge a man who was later convicted of plotting to bomb a shopping centre in Manchester and the subway in New York City.
Pakistani-born Abid Naseer, 28, was found guilty by a jury in a Brooklyn court yesterday.
Prosecutors said the British plot was part of a broader al Qaida conspiracy calling on other cells to attack civilians in New York and Denmark.
UK-based Naseer, who was extradited to the United States in 2013 to face trial, had originally been arrested in Manchester in 2009.
Although police submitted a file to the CPS it was deemed there was not enough evidence to prosecute him.
Retired Detective Chief Inspector Allan Donoghue, who was second in command on the counter-terrorism operation that investigated Naseer, said the decision not to charge him was "wrong".Read More
Pakistani-born Abid Naseer, 28, was found guilty by a jury in a Brooklyn court yesterday.
Prosecutors said the British plot was part of a broader al Qaida conspiracy calling on other cells to attack civilians in New York and Denmark.
UK-based Naseer, who was extradited to the United States in 2013 to face trial, had originally been arrested in Manchester in 2009.
Although police submitted a file to the CPS it was deemed there was not enough evidence to prosecute him.
Retired Detective Chief Inspector Allan Donoghue, who was second in command on the counter-terrorism operation that investigated Naseer, said the decision not to charge him was "wrong".Read More
