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Bomb plotter Nezar Hindawi wins legal bid over release | Bomb plotter Nezar Hindawi wins legal bid over release |
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A man jailed for 45 years for plotting to blow up an Israeli airliner has won a legal challenge against UK government refusals to allow his early release. | |
Jordanian Nezar Hindawi was jailed in 1986 after planting a bomb in his fiancee's hand luggage for a flight from London Heathrow to Tel Aviv. | |
The Parole Board has recommended release but the government has rejected its advice. | |
The High Court ruling does not mean Hindawi will be freed immediately. | |
A further hearing will be held to decide whether the Supreme Court should now make a final ruling, or whether the justice secretary should be ordered to reconsider his decision. | |
Hindawi's 45-year sentence is believed to be the longest specific jail term imposed by an English court. | |
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In Friday's hearing, two senior judges quashed decisions by Justice Secretary Ken Clarke and his predecessor, Jack Straw, who refused to accept the Parole Board advice. | |
The judges ruled that Hindawi was subjected to a "flawed and unfair" decision-making process. | |
Hindawi was sentenced at the Old Bailey for attempting to blow up an El-Al plane, carrying nearly 400 people. | |
He planted a timer bomb in his pregnant Irish fiancee's hand luggage, without her knowledge, but the explosives were detected and the plot was foiled. | |
The BBC's Danny Shaw says it seems this ruling will pave the way for Hindawi's release, and there will be further legal submissions on the case next week. |