a ninth arrested later in the afternoon while driving into Birmingham. Leaks The sentencing judge described the leaking of information to the media at the time of the arrests as being a "very grave contempt of court". An inquiry by the Metropolitan Police failed to discover the source of these leaks. The civil liberties organisation Liberty said these leaks risked "undermining the work of police and prosecutors and jeopardising the trust and safety of the public". Outcome In February 2008, five men were sentenced after admitting or being found guilty of these allegations. Gassama was born in Mansaringsu, Brikama, Gambia. He attended madrasahs in Gambia and Senegal, and continued his education in Saudi Arabia. He then moved to the UK and acquired citizenship. He is married to the daughter of a former Gambian Foreign Affairs minister whose name was withheld from the press. His brother was arrested in March 2006 in Banjul, Gambia as a suspect in a plot to overthrow Gambian president Yahya Jammeh. He lived in Hodge Hill, Birmingham at the time of his arrest and worked at Khan's General Store. Iqbal was a 29-year-old teacher who lives in Kingstanding, north Birmingham. He taught Information Technology part-time at Saltley School, a specialist science college. Amjad Mahmood of Birmingham was acquitted of all charges after a separate trial. See also 2007 UK terrorist incidents Murder of Lee Rigby List of terrorist incidents in Great Britain References Plot British Pakistani history Counterterrorism Crime in Birmingham, West Midlands History of Birmingham, West Midlands Islamic terrorism in England Islamism-related beheadings 2007 in military history 21st-century military history of the United Kingdom 2000s in Birmingham, West Midlands Failed assassination attempts in the United Kingdom