FIVE terrorists have been jailed for life for a bomb plot linked to al-Qaeda which had Bluewater as a possible target.

Omar Khyam, 25, from Crawley, West Sussex, Waheed Mahmood, 35, also from Crawley, Anthony Garcia, 25, from Ilford, Essex, Salahuddin Amin, 31, of Luton, Bedfordshire, and Jawad Akbar, 23, from Crawley, were all found guilty at the end of Britain's biggest ever terror trial which cost more than £50 million.

They had denied conspiracy to cause an explosion likely to endanger life or injure property between January 1, 2003 and March 31, 2004.

Shujah Mahmood, 20, from Crawley, and Nabeel Hussain, 22, from Horley, Surrey, were cleared of that charge.

Hussain, Garcia and Khyam also denied possessing 600kg of fertiliser for the purposes of terrorism between November 11, 2003, and March 31, 2004.

Hussain was cleared of that charge, the two others were convicted.

Khyam and Shujah Mahmood further denied possessing aluminium powder for purposes connected with terrorism between October 1, 2003, and March 31, 2004.

Shujah Mahmood was cleared of that charge, Khyam was convicted.

The jury took 27 days to reach decisions - the longest ever deliberation at the Old Bailey.

The convicted men were said to be planning an attack at Bluewater using a bomb made from fertiliser.