Anjem Choudary

[jjlynn27]

Trevatanus said:

5 years 6 months.
Judge is a lightweight.

Wow. I was pretty certain that he'd get 10y at least.

[Trevatanus]

Apparently his supporters shouted "Allahu Akbar" from the gallery. Contempt of court?

[mgreenwood]

I can see that getting appealed on the grounds of undue leniency

[sirtyro]

Will he serve all of it or get out after 2 1/2?

[Soov535]

sirtyro said:

Will he serve all of it or get out after 2 1/2?

2/3 ish

[Trevatanus]

Can we deport it at the end or was it born here?

[Murph7355]

Trevatanus said:

Apparently his supporters shouted "Allahu Akbar" from the gallery. Contempt of court?

Perhaps they were chanting it as they were happy he was being sent down?

[Digga]

jjlynn27 said:

Trevatanus said:

5 years 6 months.
Judge is a lightweight.

Wow. I was pretty certain that he'd get 10y at least.

Agree, it seems faintly ridiculous, but at the same time, is perhaps sufficiently lenient as to prevent appeal? Plus, maybe there's potential, now he's inside, to trump up additional charges, cases and behaviour to top up.

[W124]

It might be that the judge has handed down a light sentence to kybosh the inevitable appeal.

[anonymous-user]

W124 said:

It might be that the judge has handed down a light sentence to kybosh the inevitable appeal.

His sort will ALWAYS appeal. He knows his rights etc.

[Trevatanus]

techiedave said:

W124 said:

It might be that the judge has handed down a light sentence to kybosh the inevitable appeal.

His sort will ALWAYS appeal. He knows his rights etc.

(Him)Being an ex-lawyer, I suspect you're right.

[jjlynn27]

Is there any statement with reasoning for such lenient sentence?

[anonymous-user]

Trevatanus said:

(Him)Being an ex-lawyer, I suspect you're right.

I doubt he was a very good lawyer though. Also many go through law school and don't really have a grasp after a few years without practising.

[speedyman]

Lets give him a sharia law sentence as he has devoted his time to espousing its virtues. So off with his head.

[Zod]

V6Pushfit said:

Trevatanus said:

(Him)Being an ex-lawyer, I suspect you're right.

I doubt he was a very good lawyer though. Also many go through law school and don't really have a grasp after a few years without practising.

In my experience, that goes equally for some who have practised for many years.

[LeighW]

speedyman said:

Lets give him a sharia law sentence as he has devoted his time to espousing its virtues. So off with his beachy head.

Fixed that for you.

[Deptford Draylons]

speedyman said:

Lets give him a sharia law sentence as he has devoted his time to espousing its virtues. So off with his head.

Well, he did describe himself a judge at a sharia court in the UK. Probably also says quite a bit about those too.

[Rude-boy]

Zod said:

In my experience, that goes equally for some who have practised for many years.

Damn, beaten to it...

[BlackLabel]

Great - he's set to be released soon.


"Anjem Choudary, the notorious Islamist hate preacher, will be released from jail next month despite a chilling warning from the justice minister that he remained “genuinely dangerous”.

Choudary, 51, is due to be freed within weeks after serving half of a five-and-a-half-year prison sentence for encouraging Muslims to join Islamic State.

The Government admitted on Tuesday it was powerless to prevent Choudary from being released on licence. Rory Stewart, the prisons minister, said that the preacher was “a deeply pernicious, destabilising influence”."

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/09/11/notori...

[alfaman]

BlackLabel said:

Great - he's set to be released soon.


"Anjem Choudary, the notorious Islamist hate preacher, will be released from jail next month despite a chilling warning from the justice minister that he remained “genuinely dangerous”.

Choudary, 51, is due to be freed within weeks after serving half of a five-and-a-half-year prison sentence for encouraging Muslims to join Islamic State.

The Government admitted on Tuesday it was powerless to prevent Choudary from being released on licence. Rory Stewart, the prisons minister, said that the preacher was “a deeply pernicious, destabilising influence”."

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/09/11/notori...

Shame we don’t seem to have the same set up or powers as Singapore where people who are deemed to be s serious risk to national security / public order etc can be locked up ( IIRC for up to 2 years )- pending trial etc.