Crown Prosecution Service statement on conclusion of Andrew Rowe trial

23/09/2005

An Old Bailey jury today convicted Andrew Rowe of two counts of possession of an article for terrorist purposes after a 12 day trial.

Director of Public Prosecutions, Ken Macdonald QC said:

"This was the first trial prosecuted by the CPS Counter-Terrorism Division, set up in May, which draws together the skills and knowledge of the CPS's most experienced terrorism lawyers to tackle the changing threat to public safety.

The challenge we successfully met was to prove to the jury that although there was no direct link between Andrew Rowe and a particular terrorist act, possession of those items together with other supporting evidence was sufficient for a jury to conclude that he had them for the purpose of terrorism".

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