The hook-handed Imam, who is blind in one eye and a double-hand amputee, became a tabloid bogeyman in Britain for preaching vitriolic, anti-American sermons at the Finsbury Park mosque in north London. PHOTO: REUTERS
NEW YORK: A US judge sentenced British preacher Abu Hamza on Friday to life in prison after a jury convicted him on 11 charges of kidnapping and terrorism, calling his crimes "evil" and "barbaric."
The hook-handed Imam, who is blind in one eye and a double-hand amputee, became a tabloid bogeyman in Britain for preaching vitriolic, anti-American sermons at the Finsbury Park mosque in north London.
During his sentencing, he stared impassively at the table and pursed his lips as Judge Katherine Forrest read out his sentence, eight months after he was convicted by a jury on May 19 after a four-week trial.
She told Abu Hamza he would be "committed to a sentence of life imprisonment in the custody of the United States attorney general and US marshalls," following a three-hour hearing.
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Anti Muslim sentiment and overy exaggeration about crimes when it relates to some one belongs to Muslim is becoming a trend now
This guy looks like a villain from 60s era James Bond movies. God took his eyesight and both arms but he was still unrepentant. Evil man indeed! He will meet new disciples in his new address and poison their minds. He should be silenced, if you know what I mean.
As you will sow so shall you reap.
Non-anti-Pakistan Terrorist equals hero in Pakistan.
Good, keep him behind bars forever on state expense. Good riddance!
Have a pleasant stay.
Excellent news.