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Botched bomb bid: CCTV film
Botched bomb bid: CCTV film
Last Modified: 15 Oct 2008
By:
Andy Davies
Nicky Reilly didn't just want to become a martyr, he also planned to blow up as many people as possible in a family restaurant.
That's what the Muslim convert told the police after injuring himself in a botched suicide bombing in a Giraffe restaurant in Exeter.
Reilly, who has autism and a low IQ, suffered burns to his face and arms when his homemade bomb exploded in his hands in a toilet cubicle.
Detectives are still hunting two men who encouraged him online.
Today he pleaded guilty to attempted murder and other offences at the Old Bailey.
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