Mohammed Hamid (terrorist)

Mohammed Hamid
Born1957 (age 6768)
Known forTraining the perpetrators of the attempted bombings in London on 21 July 2005
Criminal chargeThree counts of training terrorists, three counts of soliciting murder, two counts of drug abuse
PenaltyPrison indefinitely (11.5 years minimum)

Mohammed Hamid (born 1957 in Tanzania) is a British citizen and Islamist extremist convicted of training the perpetrators of the attempted bombings in London on 21 July 2005. He became radicalised and was a follower of the Jamaican extremist cleric Abdullah el-Faisal. He called himself "Osama Bin London" to an officer who was arresting him, and the nickname became popular in the press during his trial.

There has been some questioning of the validity of his conviction. His training of those involved in the attacks was reported to consist of taking young men on camping trips and to paintball games at recreation centres and conducting late-night conversations with them in the living room of his home.