Failed terrorist Manfo Asiedu, a key figure in the failed 2005 London bomb plot, has been deported to Ghana after serving just 16 years of his 33-year sentence.
Asiedu, 53, was part of a group that attempted to detonate explosives on London’s transport network on July 21, 2005, just two weeks after the deadly 7/7 attacks.
The plot failed due to miscalculations in bomb ingredients. Asiedu was sentenced in 2007 for his role in the attempted attack.
During his trial, Asiedu admitted to purchasing materials but claimed the plot was a protest against the Iraq war and not intended to cause harm. He said he had dumped the explosives in a West London park.
Mr Asiedu was released from prison and deported to Ghana earlier this year, according to The Sun.
Tory MP Mark Francois said: “Given the number murdered on 7/7, it’s obscene that anyone involved in a similar plot should be released early, whether subsequently deported or not.
“This is a truly awful decision.”
During his trial he turned against fellow defendants, rubbishing their defence that the suicide mission was just a hoax.
Asiedu tried to paint himself as an innocent victim unwittingly caught up in their murderous plans and claimed he thought the devices were fake up until the night before the attack.
He also claimed to be called Sumailia Abubakhari and born to a Muslim father, who owns a pharmacy and construction company, and a Christian businesswoman mother.
Four other men, Muktar Said Ibrahim, Ramzi Mohammed, Yassin Omar and Hussain Osman, were found guilty and were told they will serve a minimum of 40 years in prison.
Asiedu is believed to have agreed to the deportation under the Facilitated Returns Scheme, according to reports.
It was reported in 2007 that he “may serve only half the term his accomplices were given”.
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