Omar Altimimi
{{Short description|Dutch criminal}}
{{update|date=November 2014}}
Omar Altimimi (born 6 August 1965{{cite news|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article2032035.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110523165649/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article2032035.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 23, 2011|title=Times Online Report|publisher=Times Online|accessdate=2007-07-05 | location=London | date=2007-07-05}}) is a Dutch national{{cite web|url=http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/display.var.1524824.0.neighbours_knew_only_a_dotng_father.php|title=Bolton News Report|publisher=The Bolton News|accessdate=2007-07-05}} of Bolton, England convicted of six counts of possessing computer files connected with the preparation or instigation of an act of terrorism under the Terrorism Act 2000,{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/5159134.stm|title=BBC News Report|publisher=BBC News|accessdate=2007-07-05 | date=2006-07-07}} as well as two charges of money laundering under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/6273572.stm|title=BBC News Report|publisher=BBC News|accessdate=2007-07-05 | date=2007-07-05}} He is currently serving a nine-year sentence for these convictions.{{cite web|url=http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,70131-1274043,00.html|title=Terror Plotter Jailed For Nine Years|publisher=Sky News|accessdate=2007-07-09}}
A police statement said the material found on Altimimi's computer as well as his association with Jerome Curtailler (who is imprisoned under charges of plotting to blow up the American embassy in Paris) suggest he was a terrorist 'sleeper' caught before he had chance to strike.{{cite web|url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/1010/1010625_the_terrorist_in_our_midst.html|title=Manchester Evening News Report|publisher=Manchester Evening News|accessdate=2007-07-05}} Altimimi's conviction is an example of preventative justice, where a person has been criminalised under the recent Terrorism Acts for the possession of information and people with whom they choose to associate.