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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 convicted terrorist, 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. 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.
Nezar Hindawi was jailed in 1986 and is serving what is believed to be the longest specific jail term imposed by an English court. 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 refused. The Parole Board has recommended release but the government has rejected its advice.
The High Court ruling does not mean he will be freed immediately. 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. 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.
Hand luggage
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.