Adam Busby
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Adam Busby is a Scottish separatist
who claims to be the founder of the Scottish National Liberation Army
.
Busby is a former soldier with the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders and comes from the Seedhill area of Paisley
. He has multiple sclerosis and uses a wheelchair. In Ireland, he lived in Ballymun
.
Busby fled to Dublin in 1983 after a letter-bombing campaign against the Ministry of Defence, oil companies and high-profile public figures. He reportedly tried to join forces with the Provisional Irish Republican Army
but the offer is said to have been refused. He organised attacks from Dublin involving anthrax hoaxes, bomb threats, and genuine parcel bombs. In 1997, Busby was jailed in Ireland
for two hoax phone threats against Scottish media organisations.
In September 2006, the Sunday Times reported that Busby might be targeted for extradition to America to face terror charges. Police in Ireland are said to have agreed to help the FBI, MI5 and Special Branch to investigate following a series of e-mails to the US about how to contaminate US water supplies. In May 2006, he sent threats by email from Charleville Mall public library to BAA at Heathrow Airport claiming bombs were on two New York flights. BAA did not take the threats seriously. Busby denied making the threats, but in July 2010 he was sentenced by a Dublin court to four years in jail after being convicted in June 2010. Two of the years were suspended due to his age and health.
His son, Adam Busby Jr., was also convicted in May 2009 of sending suspect packages, including to Alex Salmond
of the SNP.
Scottish independence
Scottish independence is a political ambition of political parties, advocacy groups and individuals for Scotland to secede from the United Kingdom and become an independent sovereign state, separate from England, Wales and Northern Ireland....
who claims to be the founder of the Scottish National Liberation Army
Scottish National Liberation Army
The Scottish National Liberation Army , sometimes dubbed the 'Tartan Terrorists', is a militant group, which aims to bring about Scottish independence from the United Kingdom. The SNLA has been proscribed by the British government...
.
Busby is a former soldier with the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders and comes from the Seedhill area of Paisley
Paisley
Paisley is the largest town in the historic county of Renfrewshire in the west central Lowlands of Scotland and serves as the administrative centre for the Renfrewshire council area...
. He has multiple sclerosis and uses a wheelchair. In Ireland, he lived in Ballymun
Ballymun
Ballymun is an area on Dublin's Northside close to Dublin Airport, Ireland. It is infamous for the Ballymun flats, which became a symbol of poverty, drugs, alienation from the state and social problems in Ireland from the 1970s...
.
Busby fled to Dublin in 1983 after a letter-bombing campaign against the Ministry of Defence, oil companies and high-profile public figures. He reportedly tried to join forces with the Provisional Irish Republican Army
Provisional Irish Republican Army
The Provisional Irish Republican Army is an Irish republican paramilitary organisation whose aim was to remove Northern Ireland from the United Kingdom and bring about a socialist republic within a united Ireland by force of arms and political persuasion...
but the offer is said to have been refused. He organised attacks from Dublin involving anthrax hoaxes, bomb threats, and genuine parcel bombs. In 1997, Busby was jailed in Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
for two hoax phone threats against Scottish media organisations.
In September 2006, the Sunday Times reported that Busby might be targeted for extradition to America to face terror charges. Police in Ireland are said to have agreed to help the FBI, MI5 and Special Branch to investigate following a series of e-mails to the US about how to contaminate US water supplies. In May 2006, he sent threats by email from Charleville Mall public library to BAA at Heathrow Airport claiming bombs were on two New York flights. BAA did not take the threats seriously. Busby denied making the threats, but in July 2010 he was sentenced by a Dublin court to four years in jail after being convicted in June 2010. Two of the years were suspended due to his age and health.
His son, Adam Busby Jr., was also convicted in May 2009 of sending suspect packages, including to Alex Salmond
Alex Salmond
Alexander Elliot Anderson "Alex" Salmond MSP is a Scottish politician and current First Minister of Scotland. He became Scotland's fourth First Minister in May 2007. He is the Leader of the Scottish National Party , having served as Member of the Scottish Parliament for Gordon...
of the SNP.