A Bangladesh-born terrorist convict, who was an accomplice of a fellow convict shot dead by security services during the London Bridge terror attack last Friday (Nov 29), is back in prison after repeatedly breaching his parole conditions.
Mohammed Chowdhury was jailed with London Bridge attacker Usman Khan in 2012 over a plot to bomb the London Stock Exchange (LSE). The 29-year-old was described as the central figure of the bomb plot in 2010 and went on to be classed as a high-risk prisoner. He was handed down an extended sentence for public protection and told he must serve 13 years and eight months by Woolwich Crown Court in London in 2012.
However, he was released in January last year after serving half his sentence but recalled soon after breaching the terms of the licence conditions imposed on him for being freed from prison. He went on to be released and imprisoned again earlier this year.
Chowdhury, who came to the UK in 2004, is now scheduled to be considered for release at a Parole Board hearing early next year. However, this is likely to be affected in the wake of the Boris Johnson led government making a series of statements on tougher sentencing of dangerous prisoners after it had emerged that his gang member, Usman Khan, had been out on early release when he went on his knife rampage on the streets of London last week.
Usman Khan's UK-based family condemned his actions and expressed condolences to the relatives of the two victims killed in the knife rampage.
“We are saddened and shocked by what Usman has done. We totally condemn his actions and we wish to express our condolences to the families of the victims that have died and wish a speedy recovery to all of the injured. We would like to request privacy for our family at this difficult time,” they said in a short statement released through Metropolitan Police.
Jack Merritt, 25, and Saskia Jones, 23, both Cambridge University graduates, were stabbed to death by 28-year-old Khan during a prisoner rehabilitation event at London Bridge. Inquests into their deaths were opened at the Old Bailey court in London on Wednesday (Dec 4).
