A Streatham legal assistant has been jailed for 10 years for aiding the July 21 attempted bombers.

Ismail Abdurahman, 25, was jailed today for providing attempted bomber Hussain Osman with a safe house and trying to book him a Eurostar ticket to help him escape the authorities.

Osman was jailed for life last year for conspiring to murder passengers on London public transport.

Kingston Crown Court heard Abdurahman had provided Osman with a safe house, his home in Newport Street, Lambeth, as well as acting as a go-between.

Abdurahman was believed to have picked up Osman's brother's passport to help him escape to Italy, as well as collecting the video camera the attempted bombers had used to record suicide videos.

Police have released CCTV footage of the pair meeting at Clapham Junction station in the days after the attempted bombing in 2005.

Abdurahman escorted him back to his home at Newport Street, providing him with food, clothing and accommodation between July 23 and 26.

The footage

Abdurahman was jailed along with four others for 22 charges including assisting an offender and not disclosing information about acts of terrorism.

Wahbi Mohammed, 25, from Stockwell was jailed for 17 years, Siraj Ali, 33, from Enfield 12 years, Abdul Sherif, 30, from Stockwell for 10 years, and Muhedin Ali, 29, from Ladbroke Grove received seven years.

Met anti-terror chief Peter Clarke said Osman and the other would-be bombers had wanted to repeat the carnage of July 7, 2005.

"It was only through luck that they failed," he said.

"Two of the men jailed today knew about these plans yet, despicably, failed to alert the authorities.

"Even after the attacks they helped the bombers evade capture despite an appeal for assistance from the public.

"It must be remembered that July 2005 was a tense and worrying time for the people of London.

"Would-be suicide bombers were on the run just two weeks after 52 people were murdered by terrorists and so the fear of further attacks was very real.

"By helping the bombers escape immediate capture they contributed to the public's fear of terrorism at that time."