Court convicts head of Tigers in Britain

A London court convicted a man described as the head of the Tigers in Britain on two terror-linked charges yesterday, including supplying bomb-making equipment to the Sri Lankan group.

Arunachalam Chrishanthakumar, 52, was found guilty of coordinating supplies of material to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).

He was also convicted of receiving documents for the purpose of terrorism, after a trial at Kingston Crown Court.

Jurors failed to reach verdicts on three other charges against Chrishanthakumar, also known as AC Shanthan, plus one charge against another accused, Jegatheeswaran Muralee-tharan. AFP