Faces of Terror
Judge Anne Durey summed up the case against eight terror suspects by declaring it was probably just harmless fun and an over-reaction to recent events. The case against the defendants had been brought to court after toddler Timmy Thompson, 3 and single, was scared witless at a shopping centre 15 miles from the nearest airport, and screamed for his mummy. She contacted the authorites and the men were arrested at the scene.
"It was an understandadable reaction from Timmy, but he was under no real threat," said the Judge. "Although the one at the end gives me the creeps. Shudder! shudder!
No Threat To Planes, says Virgin
The Judge's views were echoed by Dick Brandson, a 50-year-old virgin, who felt they were no real threat people or to planes and would carry on using his.
"Maybe now is the time for a review to take a look at the current threat posed to planes. Certainly it's important to still be vigilant when the country is on the highest state of alert. There are different rules at different workshops around the world, so it would make more sense to review all of these to make sure there's continuity worldwide," said Dick
Peter Clarke, who headed Scotland Yard's Counter Terror Command, said restrictions must remain.
"The court case has proven that a generic capability exists to create scary faces from rubber. Planes could also still be vulnerable so we are right to continue to require restrictions. We are also right to require these restrictions internationally as, potentially, we are all at risk. Meanwhile, we continue to work with international colleagues to develop technological detection methods which could ease the restrictions, but a screaming child is still a useful tool in the fight against frightening terror.
