It includes three miniatures recently acquired by the Getty and the V& A’s own miniature The Nativity which was bought

Monday, September 6th, 2010

It includes three miniatures recently acquired by the Getty and the V& A’s own miniature, “The Nativity”, which was bought for £250,000 two years ago. The organisers hope that the publicity surrounding the reconstruction will bring other leaves to light. Mark Evans, the V&A’s senior curator of paintings, said: “I remain optimistic that other miniatures survive.” The Hours of Louis XII was illuminated by Jean Bourdichon, a court painter, in 1498-9. The conspiracy to cause an explosion charge alleges that Mr Mughal and Mr Tsouli “unlawfully and maliciously” conspired to cause an explosion of a nature likely to endanger life in the UK.All three men are charged with conspiracy to obtain money by deception.

They are alleged to have conspired to obtain property from other people’s credit cards.. It was one of the greatest French manuscripts of the 15th century, a prayer book of exquisite beauty created in honour of the coronation of King Louis XII. But within a century of its production, the whereabouts of The Hours of Louis XII were unknown. They were arrested by anti-terror police last month and have been held for two weeks.All three were remanded in custody to appear before the Old Bailey on 18 November. The three spoke only to confirm their names and dates of birth during the hearing. None of them is thought to be British-born.The conspiracy to murder charge alleges that, before 31 October this year, Mr Mughal, Mr Tsouli and others conspired to murder a person unknown. Two men have been charged with plotting a car and rocket bomb attack on Britain.

Waseem Mughal and Younis Tsouli, both 22, appeared in court accused of conspiracy to murder and to cause an explosion.
One of the men is accused of possessing a video showing how to make a car bomb, while the other allegedly had a recipe for rocket propellants and guidance on causing an explosion. A piece of paper allegedly found in one of the bedrooms of a defendant contained the words “hospital = attack”.A DVD entitled “Martyrdom Operations Vest” was also allegedly possessed by one of the men.A third man, Tariq al-Daour, 19, was also held over fund-raising offences under the Terrorism Act, in the hearing at Bow Street magistrates’ court, London yesterday.Mr Mughal and Mr Tsouli are also accused of conspiracy to cause a public nuisance and other terrorism offences. It included a step-by-step guide to making a nail bomb and a petrol bomb.Other charges related to the RVF’s website and distribution of extreme racist pop group Skrewdriver’s DVD Live in Germany.After the case, Peter Davies, Assistant Chief Constable of Lincolnshire, said: “It is difficult to imagine more extreme race hatred than was contained in the material seized during this inquiry. Thissends a message to anyone inclined to stir up race hatred that they will be tracked down and brought before the courts.”Carmen Dowd, head of special crimes at the Crown Prosecution Service, said: “You only need to look at the detail of these magazines to show how despicable and heinous the material is.”The prosecution followed raids by police in London, Lincolnshire, Surrey, Bedfordshire and Greater Manchester after the RVF’s website was discovered.. I have always said that I believe those problems were caused by a few with real criminal intent – I think what we have seen overnight is exactly the same.”. Five white supremacists have been jailed for producing and distributing race-hate material in an extreme right-wing magazine.

Judge Jeremy Roberts, sitting at the Old Bailey, told the members of the Racial Volunteer Force, who were sentenced to a total of 15 years in jail, that they had been trying to stir up race hate and encourage race crime. He added: “No one is being sentenced for their political beliefs – this is a free country.”
Judge Roberts said the RVF was a white supremacist group which had sprung up in early 2003 to “encourage readers to resort to violence against people with non-white backgrounds”.”The danger is that [the magazine] only needs to fall into the hands of one or two individuals who might be persuaded to take up the suggestions and cause a great deal of damage,” he said.The five had pleaded guilty to conspiracy to publish the magazine Stormer with the intention of stirring up racial hatred. Our relatives should be left to lie in peace.”Dr Mohammad Naseem, chair of Birmingham Central Mosque, said: “This is the only graveyard for all of Birmingham’s Muslims and families have beenvery upset by this attack.”Superintendent Tom Coughlan, of West Midlands Police, said: “Clearly there is tension in the community and that was seen in the events over the last two weeks. The African Caribbean community has been solid in condemning it so we have to stay united.”Sukail Sidiq, 31, discovered the damaged headstones at 9am and alerted the authorities. He said: “I was going to visit the graves of my relatives because it is Eid when I discovered the damage.

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