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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/terror-boss-loses-conviction-appeal.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="Judges have rejected an appeal by Rangzieb Ahmed, the first person to be convicted in the UK of directing terrorism" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/min-terror-boss-loses-conviction-appeal.jpg" alt="Judges have rejected an appeal by Rangzieb Ahmed, the first person to be convicted in the UK of directing terrorism"/></a></p>
<p>Judges have rejected an appeal by the man who became the first person to be convicted in the UK of directing terrorism.</p>
<p>Rangzieb Ahmed, 34, from Manchester, alleged that the UK was complicit in his torture in Pakistan.</p>
<p>His conviction was declared safe by Lord Justice Hughes, Mr Justice Owen and Mrs Justice Thirlwall at the Court of Appeal in London.</p>
<p>During a hearing last year, his QC told the judges that he was unlawfully detained while in Pakistan, beaten and had fingernails removed with pliers during torture sessions.</p>
<p>Ahmed was jailed for life with a minimum term of 10 years in December 2008.</p>
<p>Manchester Crown Court heard during his trial that he headed a three-man al Qaida service cell which was preparing to commit mass murder. The Rochdale-born Muslim was also found guilty of al Qaida membership, along with his associate, Manchester taxi driver Habib Ahmed.</p>
<p>Lancashire-born Habib Ahmed, who was sentenced to a total of 10 years in prison &#8211; nine for being a member of the terror group and an additional one year for possessing a document for terror-related purposes &#8211; also had his conviction appeal dismissed.</p>
<p>During the appeal hearing last year Rangzieb Ahmed&#8217;s QC, Joel Bennathan, claimed that the UK was &#8220;complicit&#8221; in acts of torture. He argued that the trial judge should have halted the proceedings against him as an abuse of process.</p>
<p>Rejecting Rangzieb Ahmed&#8217;s appeal, Lord Justice Hughes said the result of a pre-trial inquiry by the trial judge &#8220;was that torture had not been demonstrated to have occurred, and had been demonstrated not to have occurred before the sole occasion when Rangzieb said he had been seen by British officers&#8221;. He found that even if it had occurred later, it had no direct or indirect impact on the trial.</p>
<p>The appeal judges ruled that the trial judge &#8220;was right to refuse to stay the prosecution against Rangzieb&#8221;.</p>
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