Richard Reid

Quick Facts

Full Name	Richard Reid
Occupation	Criminal
Date Of Birth	Aug 12, 1973(1973-08-12)
Age	51
Birthplace	England
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Leo

Richard Reid Biography

Richard Reid is one of the most popular and richest Criminal who was born on August 12, 1973 in England, England, United Kingdom. English criminal commonly known as the “Shoe Bomber” who was arrested for attempting to detonate a bomb on a flight from Paris to Miami in 2001. He was sentenced to three consecutive life sentences and 110 years without parole.

His act of attempted terrorism came just three months after the September 11th, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center were carried out by Mohamed Atta .

The next time Reid was imprisoned, in 1992 for three years, for various street robberies, he converted to Islam.

Upon his release from prison in 1995, he joined the Brixton Mosque. He later began attending the Finsbury Park Mosque in North London, headed at that time by the anti-American cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri, who was described as “the heart of the extremist Islamic culture” in Britain. By 1998 Reid was voicing extremist views. At the Finsbury Park Mosque he fell under the sway of “terrorist talent spotters and handlers” allied with al-Qaeda, including Djamal Beghal, one of the leaders of the foiled plan for a 2001 suicide bombing of the American Embassy in Paris.

His father was also a criminal who spent time in jail for vehicular theft.

Richard Reid Net Worth

Richard Reid is one of the richest Criminal from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Richard Reid 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He dropped out of school at sixteen and began a life of petty crime.

Though he initially claimed to have acted alone, it was later revealed that he had worked with co-conspirators named Saajid Badat and Nizar Trabelsi.

Richard Colvin Reid (born 12 August 1973), also known as the “Shoe Bomber”, is a British terrorist who attempted to detonate a shoe bomb while on American Airlines Flight 63 from Paris to Miami in 2001. Born to a father who was a career criminal, Reid converted to Islam as a young man in prison after years as a petty criminal. Later he became radicalized and went to Pakistan and Afghanistan, where he trained and became a member of al-Qaeda.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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After his return to Britain, Reid worked to obtain duplicate passports from British government consulates abroad. He lived and travelled in several places in Europe, communicating using an address in Peshawar, Pakistan. In July 2001, Reid flew to Israel.

Facts & Trivia

Richard Ranked on the list of most popular Criminal. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Richard Reid celebrates birthday on August 12 of every year.

Reid pleaded guilty to the remaining eight counts on 4 October 2002. On 31 January 2003, he was sentenced by Judge William Young to the maximum of three consecutive life sentences and 110 years with no possibility of parole. Reid was also fined the maximum of $250,000 on each count, a total of $2 million.