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23/09/2005
Terror 'shopping list' leads to 15-year sentence
A man who was detained at the Channel Tunnel in October 2003 was sentenced today to 15 years in jail for two terrorist offences.
Andrew Rowe, 34, a British convert to Islam, was convicted on charges relating to having instructions on the use of a mortar launcher and secret codes written on a piece of paper.
Rowe, from Maida Vale in West London, denied the charges.
The jury was instructed that a majority verdict could be returned after they had spent a day considering their verdict on the two charges.
During the trial it emerged that socks found in Rowe's luggage had traces of explosives on them.
A police search of premises at an address linked to Rowe had uncovered a note with instructions on how to use a mortar launcher. Also found was a handwritten list of codes that were presented in court as a "shopping list for terrorism."
Sentencing Rowe today, Mr Justice Fulford told him: "Whatever your terrorist purpose was, its fulfillment was imminent."
The Judge described Rowe as a "paid operative over a substantial period of time," one who had travelled the world to further the cause of "Muslin fundamentalism."
Rowe was arrested at the Channel Tunnel following a trip to Germany in 2003.
(SP)
Andrew Rowe, 34, a British convert to Islam, was convicted on charges relating to having instructions on the use of a mortar launcher and secret codes written on a piece of paper.
Rowe, from Maida Vale in West London, denied the charges.
The jury was instructed that a majority verdict could be returned after they had spent a day considering their verdict on the two charges.
During the trial it emerged that socks found in Rowe's luggage had traces of explosives on them.
A police search of premises at an address linked to Rowe had uncovered a note with instructions on how to use a mortar launcher. Also found was a handwritten list of codes that were presented in court as a "shopping list for terrorism."
Sentencing Rowe today, Mr Justice Fulford told him: "Whatever your terrorist purpose was, its fulfillment was imminent."
The Judge described Rowe as a "paid operative over a substantial period of time," one who had travelled the world to further the cause of "Muslin fundamentalism."
Rowe was arrested at the Channel Tunnel following a trip to Germany in 2003.
(SP)
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