Yeshshiemebet Girma
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Yeshshiemebet Girma was the second person (and first woman) charged under the Terrorism Act
Terrorism Act
-United Kingdom:* Prevention of Terrorism Acts passed between 1974 and 1989 to deal with terrorism in Northern Ireland* The Terrorism Act 2000* The Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001* The Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005* The Terrorism Act 2006...

 over the 21 July 2005 London bombings
21 July 2005 London bombings
On 21 July 2005, four attempted bomb attacks disrupted part of London's public transport system two weeks after the 7 July 2005 London bombings. The explosions occurred around midday at Shepherd's Bush, Warren Street and Oval stations on London Underground, and on a bus in Shoreditch...

, along with her sister Muluemebet Girma
Muluemebet Girma
Muluemebet Girma , from Stockwell, London, was the third person charged under the Terrorism Act over the 21 July 2005 London bombings, along with her sister Yeshshiembet Girma...

. She is married to Hamdi Adus Isaac who is suspected of attempting to detonate a bomb at Shepherd's Bush tube station. Her charge relates to her failure to supply information that could have helped apprehend one of the suspects of the bombings.

On 11 June 2008 she was convicted of assisting an offender and withholding information from the police. A court heard that she helped her husband flee police by driving him to Brighton
Brighton
Brighton is the major part of the city of Brighton and Hove in East Sussex, England on the south coast of Great Britain...

 as well as having knowledge of the bomb plot before it was executed.

On 12 June 2008 she was jailed for 15 years.

See also

  • 7 July 2005 London bombings
    7 July 2005 London bombings
    The 7 July 2005 London bombings were a series of co-ordinated suicide attacks in the United Kingdom, targeting civilians using London's public transport system during the morning rush hour....

  • 21 July 2005 London bombings
    21 July 2005 London bombings
    On 21 July 2005, four attempted bomb attacks disrupted part of London's public transport system two weeks after the 7 July 2005 London bombings. The explosions occurred around midday at Shepherd's Bush, Warren Street and Oval stations on London Underground, and on a bus in Shoreditch...

  • Ismael Abdurahman
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