British terrorist found guilty of planning to bomb Kenya

Jermaine Grant

A British citizen accused of belonging to the Al-Shabaab terror group has been found guilty of being in possession of bomb making materials that were to be used in a terror attack in Kenya.

In his testimony, Scotland Yard detective Robert John Garrick said he was part of the team that found chemicals such as acyeton, hydrogen peroxide and battery acids at the suspect’s house in Kisauni.

Grant and a Kenyan accomplice were under surveillance by the Anti-Terrorist Police Unit (ATPU) before they were arrested.

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According to Mr Garrick, the search was conducted alongside the Anti-terrorism police unit where SIM cards and several mobile phones were also recovered.

“At the scene, my role was to oversee that all exhibits were stored well and were secure. I ensured that possible danger was eliminated and the surrounding area was safe,” he said.

The former ATPU detective, who is currently under the county police command, said Mr Abubakarv was the most adversely mentioned in the initial intelligence.

British terror suspect Jermaine Grant follows proceedings in a Shanzu court on August 19, 2014. PHOTO | KEVIN ODIT | NATION MEDIA GROUP

He said on December 19, 2011, the day police planned to arrest the suspects, they got reinforcement from their colleagues in Nairobi.

Mr Opasi said the two suspects were arrested in the Bakarani area in Mombasa by two officers who were part of the group conducting the operation. Upon arrest, Mr Grant introduced himself as Peter Joseph.

A search of him yielded three mobile phones, a flash disc and a black wallet with Sh2,700.

In a ruling delivered in Mombasa on Wednesday, the court said that the prosecution had proved beyond a reasonable doubt that the chemicals the suspect was found with were to be used in making of an explosive for purposes of committing a terrorist act.

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Chief Magistrate Evans Makori, who read the judgement, said the literature found in the accused’s residence together with information extracted from a flash disk, also recovered from him, clearly indicated that the items were to be used to make an explosive.

“There is no doubt Grant was going to prepare explosives for terrorism purposes which would have had a deadly outcome,” the magistrate said in the judgement that was written by Senior Principal Magistrate Joyce Gandani.

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