Ricin! The Inside Story Of The Terror Plot That Never Was by Lawrence Archer & Fiona Bawden

51 in stock

194mm x 124mm x 14mm

Pages: 224

In January 2003, the British media splashed the news that anti-terror police had disrupted an Al-Qaeda cell, poised to unleash the deadly poison ricin on the capital. Police had reportedly found traces of ricin, as well as a panoply of bomb and poison-making equipment in the cellGÇÖs GÇÿfactory of deathGÇÖ GÇô a shabby flat in north London. GÇÿThis danger is present and real, and with us nowGÇÖ announced prime minister Tony Blair.

But, when the GÇÿricin plotGÇÖ came to trial at the Old Bailey, a very different story emerged: there was no ricin and no sophisticated plot. Rarely has a legal case been so shamelessly distorted by government, media and security forces to push their own GÇÿtough on terrorGÇÖ agendas. In this meticulously researched and compellingly written book, Lawrence Archer, the jury foreman at the trial, and journalist Fiona Bawdon, give the definitive story of the ricin plot, the trial and its aftermath.