By Paul Tate and agencies
AMMAN — A judge in Britain granted police an additional week on Saturday to question a Jordanian doctor over the failed bomb attacks in London and Glasgow.
Mohammad Asha, 26, was detained with his Jordanian wife Marwa, 27, on the M6 motorway in Cheshire, England, on June 30.
He is currently being held at London’s high security Paddington Green police station along with two other trainee doctors aged 25 and 28, whose identities are still unknown.
His wife, Marwa Asha, a laboratory assistant, was released on Thursday night without charge.
Under UK anti-terrorism legislation, police have up to 28 days to question suspects before charging them, but must seek periodic permission from a judge to continue their detention.
Mohammad’s father, Jamil Asha, told The Jordan Times yesterday he had no knowledge of the judge’s decision.
“I haven’t spoken to Mohammad for five days now and the only news we get is through the television,” he said.
He also said Marwa’s family had not heard from their daughter since her release on Thursday night.
“We are waiting by the phone for news but so far we haven’t heard anything,” he said.
Marwa’s family were not available for comment.
Before his arrest, Mohammad Asha was working at North Staffordshire Hospital in Stoke-on-Trent, in northwest England. The couple have an 18-month-old son.
So far, three people have been charged in connection with the failed London and Glasgow car bombings.
Britain’s Metropolitan Police yesterday charged Sabeel Ahmad, 26, with possession of information which could have prevented an act of terrorism. He will appear at City of Westminster Magistrates Court in London on Monday.
Ahmad, from Bangalore, India, was apprehended in the northwest city of Liverpool on June 30.
Also on Saturday, Indian doctor, Mohammad Haneef, 27, appeared in an Australian court charged with providing support to a terrorist organisation, the British Press Association reported.
Haneef, who works at the Gold Coast Hospital, is charged with supporting terror suspects Kafeel Ahmad and Sabeel Ahmad.
The third suspect, Iraqi doctor Bilal Abdullah, 27, is accused of conspiracy to cause explosions and was remanded in custody last week at Westminster Magistrates Court.
Abdullah, faces a maximum sentence of life imprisonment if convicted. He is due to appear at London’s Old Bailey Court on July 27 for an initial hearing.
Kafeel Ahmad, 27, also from Bangalore, is currently under armed guard at specialist burns unit at Glasgow Royal Infirmary.
He was arrested along with Abdullah after a Jeep was driven into the doors of Glasgow International Airport’s main terminal building and burst into flames on June 30.
The attack happened 36 hours after police discovered two cars in central London packed with fuel, gas tanks and nails. Police believe all three incidents were linked.
