Wife jailed for silence on suicide bomb plot

LONDON, England (CNN) -- The wife of a would-be London train bomber was sentenced Thursday to 15 years in jail for failing to tell police about her husband's plan to attack an Underground station three years ago, the court and police said.

Yeshi Girma, 31, is the wife of Hussain Osman, one of four men seen on closed-circuit TV attempting to detonate backpacks containing homemade explosives on three London underground trains and a bus on July 21, 2005.

Girma's sentence was handed down a day after she and her brother and sister were convicted of assisting an offender and not disclosing information about terrorism acts, Metropolitan Police said.

Following a four-month trial, Girma was also convicted of having prior knowledge of the planned attacks and failing to pass information to the authorities.

According to police, Girma actively helped her husband escape after the failed bombings and tried to mislead the police in their inquiries to find Osman.

Her brother received a 10-year sentence and her sister received a 15-year sentence for their roles.

Osman was convicted and imprisoned for life last year for his part in the attempted bombings.

Four others involved in the London plot -- including the three others caught on surveillance video -- were also imprisoned for their role in the attempted bombings.

The bombs misfired and did not kill anyone, but caused alarm in Britain's capital.

The copycat plot happened just two weeks after the July 7 suicide attacks on London's subway and bus system which killed 52 people, plus the four bombers, and injured about 700.

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