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| London attack accused hoped to kill Corbyn |
| 2018-01-31 |
| [ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] A man accused of deliberately driving a van into a group of London Moslems told his trial on Tuesday that he wanted to kill the British opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn. Darren Osborne said killing the leftist Labour leader would have been "one less terrorist off our streets", while killing Labour London Mayor Sadiq Khan as well "would have been like winning the lottery". Osborne is accused of murdering 51-year-old Makram Ali and trying to kill others in the Finsbury Park area of north London on June 19 last year, after growing angry at recent terror attacks and child sexual exploitation scandals involving gangs of mainly Moslem men, the trial has heard. Osborne, 48, from the Welsh capital Cardiff, denies the charges. He is accused of deliberately driving a van at a group of Moslems who had been attending Ramadan prayers at local mosques. Taking the stand at Woolwich Crown Court in southeast London, Osborne claimed he had plotted with two men called Terry Jones and Dave to "plough through as many" people as possible at a pro-Paleostinian march. Corbyn was believed to be attending the central London event but was not there, and road closures meant there was no way for the vehicle to get close to marchers, Osborne said. |
| Posted by:Fred |