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UK 'Dirty bomb' plotter appeals 40 year term | |
2007-04-04 | |
The Muslim convert sentenced to serve at least 40 years in jail for plotting terrorist atrocities in Britain and America has appealed against his life sentence. Dhiren Barot, an al Qa’eda fanatic, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to murder after his plans to use explosive-packed limousines and a “dirty bomb” were foiled by police. Barot was jailed by Mr Justice Butterfield at Woolwich Crown Court in London last November. The court heard that Barot had led a "sleeper cell" planning attacks in New York, Washington, London and across Britain. In an encrypted document called Radioactive Children inside a file called Brad Pitt, the Londoner outlined plans for a dirty bomb in the capital. Among the targets considered were the New York Stock Exchange, IMF and World Bank in Washington and the headquarters of Citigroup and Prudential. The judge described him as "determined, dedicated and highly dangerous" and said he would have to serve at least 40 years before being considered for parole. Defending the judge's sentencing principles today, Crown counsel Edmund Lawson QC said that even though Barot's plans had not been carried out, it would have been only a matter of time before they created "serious mayhem and injury and death to many thousands of people". Lawyers for Barot, 34, argued today in London’s Court of Appeal that he should not be condemned to spend the rest of his life in prison on a charge that in other circumstances would have attracted a fixed term of 20 or 30 years. There was no indication that Barot had abandoned his Jihadist ideology, said Mr Lawson. Barot’s lawyer, Ian Macdonald QC, referred recent comments by Lord Phillips, the Lord Chief Justice, on the undesirability of detaining old men who had already spent most of their lives in prison when they posed no continuing public threat.
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Posted by:Seafarious |
#2 I had long suspected Brad Pitt of harboring Radioactive Children. |
Posted by: Excalibur 2007-04-04 09:42 |
#1 Britain UK 'Dirty bomb' plotter appeals 40 year term How bout an upgrade. like the gallows, poison or a "hot" bullet @ 1000/ms to the skull. |
Posted by: Red Dog 2007-04-04 01:32 |