- The hookhanded one-eyed cleric of hate wants to escape his life prison term
- Abu Hamza, 66 is currently in custody at America’s supermax prison in Colorado
- Attorney Damian Williams claimed Hamza has not changed over his time in jail
Convicted violent terrorist Abu Hamza’s plans to get out of his US life sentence could be ruined after accusations against him of indoctrinating jihad into his granddaughter.
Prison heads in the US have given several hundred pages of evidence against the hookhanded cleric of hate, The Mirror reports.
The most damaging assertion is that Hamza – known in the US as Mostafa Mostafa – poses the greatest threat he ever has.
US Attorney Damian Williams wrote to the court in New York: ‘He continues to believe that his crimes of terrorism were justified and that his victims – to whom he makes no apology and for whom he expresses no remorse – were kaffirs (infidels) to be freely captured, sold or killed.’
Mr Williams emphasized that the bouncer-turned-terrorist-preacher ‘has not changed’.
Mr Williams continued: ‘Mostafa’s unchanged world view does not just make him recalcitrant. It makes him dangerous.
‘If he were released today, there is every reason to think Mostafa would return to doing exactly what he did in the years before his arrest: calling his followers to violent jihad, with the consequence of death or harm to others.’
The attorney listed a number of rules broken by Hamza, 66, while he has been incarcerated at America’s supermax prison, ADX Florence in Colorado.
He also outlined how Hamza reprimanded his granddaughter when she did not acknowledge Islam’s holy war, jihad.
His children once told a US judge that the characterisation of the Finsbury Park Mosque cleric as a hate preacher and dangerous was ‘funny’.
Hamza was convicted in 2015 in New York over his role in the 1998 kidnapping in Yemen of 16 tourists, of whom four died, and of conspiring to set up a militant training camp in Oregon, in 1999.
He was also found guilty of other terror charges including providing material support to Osama bin Laden’s network.
He was sentenced to life, being told he would die behind bars.
Hamza has urged US courts to grant his freedom so he can return to the UK, eight years after he was extradited on terrorism charges.
He has applied to end his life sentence in the US immediately so he can make his return.
Hamza wishes to be sent back on compassionate grounds after submitting hundreds of pages of evidence to support his application.
Hamza’s wife, Najat Chaffe, sought to portray him as a loving family man in letters submitted to the court.
‘Our family has been deeply distressed by his absence, as he has left an irreplaceable void that no one can fill,’ she wrote.
‘The yearning to have him back in our lives has only intensified over time, and his grandchildren, myself, and our children have missed him dearly.’
His son, Imran Mostafa Kamel, wrote: ‘I am in desperate need of his presence, love, and unwavering support.
‘To witness his reunion with our precious grandchildren and to enjoy quality time together as a family would be a dream come true.
Hamza was convicted in 2015 in New York after being extradited from Britain on US terrorism charges over his role in the 1998 kidnapping in Yemen of 16 foreign tourists, of whom four were killed, and of conspiring to set up a terrorist training camp in Bly, Oregon, in 1999.
The Southern District Court of New York will hear Hamza’s appeal.
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