A convicted terrorist was cleared of plotting another atrocity today after claiming he was using bomb-making chemicals to treat his warts and bad teeth.

Nicholas Roddis, 27, was jailed for seven years in 2008 after he sparked a security alert by leaving a hoax bomb on the bus.

He was released in January 2011 and despite being banned from using the internet, used false identities to research explosives at public libraries, a court heard.

Prosecutors said Roddis, of Maltby, Rotherham, was planning to use explosives to derail a train but he said he was simply preparing an appeal against his earlier conviction.

But an Old Bailey jury found him not guilty of engaging in acts for the preparation of terrorism after less than a day's deliberation.

Roddis wept as he thanked the jury.

He has already been recalled to prison to serve the balance of his previous sentence and is not due for release until January next year.

During a three-week trial he claimed he was simply an internet geek who had been caught out by draconian anti-terrorism laws.

Roddis donned a false beard and moustache when he planted the fake bomb on the bus in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, in 2007 and was later convicted of two terrorism offences.

Within the device was a piece of paper with Arabic writing which stated: ‘There is no God but Allah and Mohammed is the messenger of Allah.

‘God is great, God is great, God is great.’

It also stated ‘Britain must be punished’ and was signed off ‘Al Qaeda organisation of Iraq’.

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