Bolton man convicted of terror charges
6:19pm Wednesday 4th July 2007 in Your Town By News Editor James Higgins
A FAILED asylum seeker has been found guilty of hoarding terror manuals on his home computer.
Omar Altimimi, aged 37, was convicted of four counts of possessing computer files connected with the preparation or instigation of an act of terrorism, following a four-week trial at Manchester Crown Court.
The jurors are still deliberating on two similar terror charges and two charges of money laundering.
They were sent home for the evening yesterday and were due to reconvene today..
Earlier, the court heard the father of three, of Lansdowne Road, Tonge Moor, tried to "blend in" to the community, trying to get a job as a teacher and with the police, and creating three "parallel" identities to cover his tracks.
But he was also hoarding a huge quantity of terror-related material on his home computer.
The jury convicted him of possessing files relating to an organisational chart for a terror cell, instructions on bomb detonators, instructions on making explosives, and details about chemical explosives and "bombing strategies".
Altimimi was first arrested on suspicion of money laundering in March 2006, when 54,610 US dollars (£27,080) of money stolen from the Yemen Tourist Board was transferred to an account at the Nationwide Building Society in Bolton.
Some of the money - £3,000 - was later transferred to his account.
Altimimi denied all the charges, said to have taken place between February and June last year.
The defendant made no reaction as the jury foreman read out the guilty verdicts.
