One of four men accused of trying to explode suicide bombs in London on July 21st, Hussain Osman, will today face a court charged with conspiracy to commit murder, attempted murder and explosives offences today.
The 27-year-old is to appear at Bow Street Magistrates' Court, sitting at the high security Belmarsh complex in south east London, this morning.
Osman Hussain, is escorted by Italian policemen as he arrives at Ciampino airport in Rome yesterday
He was formally charged yesterday afternoon at Paddington Green police station after he was flown from Rome on a private charter jet to RAF Northolt, in north west London.
Osman faces four charges, including an allegation of attempting to murder passengers on the Transport for London (Tfl) system. He will answer a separate charge of conspiring with others to murder passengers on the TfL system and is accused of two offences under the Explosive Substances Act 1883.
Osman is alleged to have unlawfully and maliciously made or had in his possession, or under his control, an explosive substance with intent to endanger life or cause serious injury to property. He is also alleged to have conspired with others to cause explosions likely to endanger life or cause serious injury.
Osman, who is alleged to have tried to blow himself up on an Underground train at Shepherd's Bush, west London, had been held in Rome since his arrest there a week after the attempted bombings.
The Ethiopian-born suspect, also known as Hamdi Isaac, has already been questioned at length by British and Italian police and was formally arrested under British law when the jet landed at 1.39pm yesterday.
Judges in Italy had earlier agreed to an extradition request by British authorities but the process of returning him to Britain was delayed when Osman's Italian lawyer Antonietta Sonnessa appealed.
The appeal was lost on September 13th, after which the Italian authorities had 10 days to arrange his return. Three other suspects have been charged in the UK over the failed bombings.
PA