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| Home Office could use £217,000 of Abu Qatada's assets to help pay cost of keeping him in Britain |
| 2012-12-19 |
| Ain't gonna happen. That would be against his "ooman rites" don't ya know? The Government could use frozen bank accounts and seized assets belonging to hate preacher Abu Qatada worth £217,000 to help cover the cost of keeping him in the country. Home Secretary Theresa May told the Home Affairs Select Committee that officials will look at raiding Qatada's cash and assets to pay for his huge legal bills. The cost of the terror suspect's legal aid has already reached more than £500,000. Qatada, 52, was recently moved into a £450,000 north London home which is being rented out by the British taxpayer for £1,400 a month. The Al-Qaeda fanatic continues to battle deportation to Jordan to face terrorism charges. The Special Immigration Appeals Commission last month upheld Qatada’s latest appeal because of concerns about human rights in the country. The Government is appealing against the decision but Qatada remains in the UK on bail conditions including a 16-hour curfew, wearing an electronic tag, not using the internet and not contacting certain people. Committee chairman Keith Vaz said: 'Bank accounts that have been frozen and seized assets are worth £217,000. |
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