[Margaret Pilkington]

It was for technical reasons......originally there were 12 arrests......10 of the terrorists returned to Pakistan voluntarily.......so that is what makes me doubt the claims that these men make that they would be subject to abuse and torture.

The police had a surveillance operation in place, but some police top brass allowed the sensitive information to get into the public domain(he was later relieved of his post)....the police had to bring the operation forward and there were simultaneous raids in Liverpool, Manchester and across the north west.