By Paul Tate and agencies
AMMAN – A Jordanian doctor arrested in the wake of the failed car bomb attacks in London and Glasgow was remanded in custody on Friday charged with conspiracy to cause explosions.
Mohammad Asha, 26, appeared before the City of Westminster magistrates court in London and was charged with conspiring with Bilal Abdullah, Kafeel Ahmad "and others unknown" to cause explosions and damage to life and property.
He was remanded in custody and is due to appear at the Old Bailey on July 27.
Doctor Asha was arrested with his wife on June 30 on the M6 motorway in Cheshire, England. His wife, Marwa, 27, was released without charge on July 12. The couple have an 18-month-old baby.
The trainee neuro-surgeon is the fourth person to be charged in connection with the alleged attacks, which involved two car bombs that failed to detonate in central London on June 29 and an attack on Glasgow airport the following day.
The suspect's father, Jamil Asha, declined to comment. He had previously protested his son's innocence and called on Jordan's King Abdullah to personally intervene.
The first person to be charged in connection with the attacks was Iraqi doctor, Bilal Abullah, 27. Abdullah was charged on July 6 with conspiring to cause explosions after a jeep he was allegedly driving rammed into the main terminal of Glasgow airport. He is also due to appear at the Old Bailey on July 27.
His alleged accomplice in that attack, Kafeel Ahmad, remains critically ill in hospital under armed guard after suffering sever burns.
On Monday, Sabeel Ahmed, 26, appeared at City of Westminster magistrates court charged with withholding information that could prevent an act of terrorism. He was arrested in the northwest city of Liverpool on June 30.
Prior to his arrest he was employed at Halton hospital in Runcorn, Cheshire. He was remanded in custody and the case will be reviewed at the same court on Monday, before a committal hearing on August 13.
The fourth person to be indicted is Mohammed Haneef, 27, a distant cousin of the Ahmad brothers. Haneef, an Indian doctor, was charged in Brisbane, Australia, with providing support to a terrorist organisation.
A total of eight people were detained following the botched attacks. Three have been released without charge.
