BRITAIN: A British lawyer last night criticised the conditions in which the alleged airliner bomb plot suspects were being held as police were granted a further seven days to question them.
Khalid Elahi said that his client, Muhammed Usman Siddique (24), had been subjected to daily strip-searches and had suffered physically and psychologically from long detention. He was speaking as police were given a further seven days to question five people over the alleged plot to bomb transatlantic jets.
Earlier yesterday, three other men appeared in court charged with involvement in the alleged plot. Nabeel Hussain (22), of Chingford, east London, Mohammed Yasar Gulzar (25), of Barking, east London, and Mohammed Shamin Uddin (35), of Stoke Newington, north London, appeared at the City of Westminster Magistrate's Court.
Bearded and wearing white sweatshirts, each spoke only to confirm basic identity details before being remanded until September 18th, when they will appear at the Old Bailey.