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Fertiliser bomb trial halted

Last Modified: 18 Sep 2006
By: Alex Thomson

A defendant in the fertiliser bomb trial at the Old Bailey refuses to answer any more questions saying his family in Pakistan is at risk.

The fertiliser bomb plot trial was dramatically halted at the Old Bailey after a defendant said his family would be put at risk if he continued giving evidence.

Omar Khyam, who's accused with six others of plotting to bomb night clubs and a shopping centre, was asked if he'd bought fertiliser found in a west London depot in 2004.

He said the Pakistani intelligence services had talked to his relatives about the evidence he'd already given in court and he couldn't say any more.

Our chief correspondent Alex Thomson was in court.