LONDON, Sept. 14 (UPI) -- Three men convicted of plotting to blow up airliners with homemade liquid bombs must serve minimum sentences of 32 to 40 years, a British court ruled Monday.
The terms handed down by London's Woolwich Crown Court were the minimums available, the BBC reported. Plot ringleader Abdulla Ahmed Ali, 28, must serve a minimum of 40 years in jail, while the man described as the plotters' "quartermaster," Assad Sarwar, 29, was jailed for at least 36 years and Tanvir Hussain, 28, must serve as least 32 years in jail.
The men's 2006 arrests prompted airlines around the world to enact restrictions on carrying liquids onto airplanes.
The British broadcaster said Director of Public Prosecutions Keir Starmer is seeking to retry three other men accused of participating in the plot but whose conspiracy trial resulted in a hung jury. A court will reportedly decide Oct. 5 if those men, Ibrahim Savant, 28, Arafat Khan, 28, and Waheed Zaman, 25, will face another trial.
