Bomber who plotted 'death and carnage' on Tube at Parsons Green jailed for 34 years

The teenager asylum seeker who planted a bomb on a Tube train at Parsons Green which injured 51 passengers was jailed today for life with a minimum term of 34 years.

Ahmed Hassan, 18, plotted to cause carnage in the capital with a bomb packed with nails using a 'Mother of Satan' explosive he made at home.

The Old Bailey heard he wanted to avenge the death of his father in Iraq and was "disappointed" when the bomb only partly detonated in a huge fireball.

A jury deliberated for just over four hours to reject his explanation that he only wanted to act out a fantasy like the Tom Cruise film Mission: Impossible.

The judge said Hassan was a "dangerous and devious individual" who quietly went about plotting his attack with "ruthless determination and almost military efficiency while pretending to be a model asylum seeker".

Sentencing Hassan, Mr Justice Haddon-Cave said: "Your intention that morning was to kill as many members of the British public as possible by planting the IED on a busy commuter Tube train."

Had his bomb fully exploded, there would have been "numerous fatalities", he said.

"I am satisfied you were determined to create as much death and carnage that day as possible, " the judge added.

He said Hassan had "targeted" a Tube line he was familiar with and knew the train would be "crowded with passengers".

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