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02-07-2006, 04:32 PM
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Race-hate cleric Abu Hamza
Muslim cleric Abu Hamza has been jailed for seven years after being found guilty of a series of race hate crimes and soliciting murder.
Hamza was given a host of concurrent jail sentences for the crimes.
An Old Bailey jury ruled Hamza was guilty of six out of nine soliciting to murder charges.
He was also convicted of two out of four charges under the Public Order Act 1986 of "using threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour with the intention of stirring up racial hatred".
He was also found guilty of possessing threatening, abusive or insulting recordings with a view to stir up racial hatred.
The jury at the Old Bailey also convicted the 47-year-old of possessing a document - the Encyclopaedia Of The Afghani Jihad - deemed useful to terrorists.
Hamza, from west London, who used to preach at Finsbury Park mosque, made a series of speeches to try to recruit volunteers to carry out terrorist acts.
Hamza was convicted on the fourth day of jury deliberations.
The prosecution alleged he was a recruiting sergeant for terrorism and murder.
In Hamza's talks to audiences at the Finsbury Park mosque, north London, and in Luton, Blackburn and Whitechapel, east London, "he was preaching terrorism, homicidal violence and hatred".
Hamza claimed the case against him was politically motivated. The police had made up a case out of nothing, he suggested.
SkyNews
Race-hate cleric Abu Hamza
Muslim cleric Abu Hamza has been jailed for seven years after being found guilty of a series of race hate crimes and soliciting murder.
Hamza was given a host of concurrent jail sentences for the crimes.
An Old Bailey jury ruled Hamza was guilty of six out of nine soliciting to murder charges.
He was also convicted of two out of four charges under the Public Order Act 1986 of "using threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour with the intention of stirring up racial hatred".
He was also found guilty of possessing threatening, abusive or insulting recordings with a view to stir up racial hatred.
The jury at the Old Bailey also convicted the 47-year-old of possessing a document - the Encyclopaedia Of The Afghani Jihad - deemed useful to terrorists.
Hamza, from west London, who used to preach at Finsbury Park mosque, made a series of speeches to try to recruit volunteers to carry out terrorist acts.
Hamza was convicted on the fourth day of jury deliberations.
The prosecution alleged he was a recruiting sergeant for terrorism and murder.
In Hamza's talks to audiences at the Finsbury Park mosque, north London, and in Luton, Blackburn and Whitechapel, east London, "he was preaching terrorism, homicidal violence and hatred".
Hamza claimed the case against him was politically motivated. The police had made up a case out of nothing, he suggested.
SkyNews