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Jury still deliberating in Hamza trial
 The jury at the Criminal Court of the Old Bailey, in central London, trying the self-styled Islamic cleric Abu Hamza is spending a third day considering its verdicts. It retired last Wednesday but has not yet returned any verdicts on the 15 charges he faces.The prosecution alleges that Hamza was a recruiting sergeant for terrorism and murder. Hamza, 47, from west London, faces nine charges under the Offences Against the Person Act 1861 alleging that he solicited others at public meetings to murder Jews and other non-Muslims. He also faces 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''. A further charge alleges Hamza was in possession of video and audio recordings which he intended to distribute to stir up racial hatred. The final charge, under section 58 of the Terrorism Act, accuses him of possession of a document, the "Encyclopaedia Of The Afghani Jihad", which contained information, of a kind likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism''. The cleric denies all the charges. Posted by: Seafarious 2006-02-05 |
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