Hamza jailed for incitement
07/02/2006 20:41  - (SA)  

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London - A British judge sentenced radical cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri to seven years in prison on Tuesday for inciting followers to kill non-Muslims.

Judge Anthony Hughes told the former imam of London's Finsbury Park mosque that he helped to persuade his followers that they had a "moral and religious duty" to kill.

Hughes sentenced al-Masri after a jury found him guilty on 11 of 15 counts, including incitement to murder, fomenting racial hatred, possessing a terrorist document and possessing abusive recordings.

He had faced a maximum of life in prison.

Hughes sentenced Hamza to seven years on the most serious charge of soliciting murder, and allowed him to serve his sentences on the other charges concurrently.

A supporter in the public gallery shouted "God Bless You Sheik Hamza" as the cleric was led out of the courtroom.

Others shouted to him in Arabic.

- SAPA

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