DURHAM County Cricket star Danny Law revealed last night that he is related to shoe bomber Richard Reid.
Law, a 26-year-old all-rounder, has previously played for Essex and Sussex.
In a statement issued through the North-East club, he said: "Although Richard Reid is my cousin, I have had very little contact with him.
"To my recollection I only met him twice four years ago when I was visiting my family.
"I am therefore not in a position to comment on his actions.
"I do not condone terrorism in any shape or form and if he is found guilty he should be dealt with in the appropriate manner.
"I cannot comment further as the case will be going to court."
Yesterday, Londoner Reid, 28, was denied bail while the FBI continued to investigate allegations that he tried to blow up a plane from Paris to Miami using explosives hidden in his black suede basketball sneakers.
The court in Boston, Massachusetts, heard the "home-made bomb" would probably have created a sufficiently powerful blast to destroy the plane.
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