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| Radical cleric Abu Hamza jailed for life by US court | Radical cleric Abu Hamza jailed for life by US court |
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| Radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri has been sentenced to life in prison by a court in New York for supporting terrorism. | Radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri has been sentenced to life in prison by a court in New York for supporting terrorism. |
| He was convicted in May of multiple charges, including hostage-taking and plotting to set up a terrorism training camp in the US. | He was convicted in May of multiple charges, including hostage-taking and plotting to set up a terrorism training camp in the US. |
| His trial followed a lengthy extradition process from the UK. | His trial followed a lengthy extradition process from the UK. |
| During the sentencing, his lawyers asked the judge to take into account his missing hands and eye. | During the sentencing, his lawyers asked the judge to take into account his missing hands and eye. |
| They also argued a plan to imprison Abu Hamza in Colorado's Supermax federal prison would violate assurances the US made to judges in London to secure his 2012 extradition. | |
| Prosecutors argued on Friday that the government never made such a promise to the UK and life in prison was the only appropriate sentence. | |
| Judge Katherine Forrest called Abu Hamza's actions "barbaric" and "misguided". |