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Choudary Gets Life
Let's hope that's the last we ever hear of him
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I very much doubt it's the last we'll hear of him, unfortunately. He will continually test the patience of the prison staff and i can well imagine him taking the prison service to court on many occasions and for what he sees as infringements on his 'rights'. And, when he does, of course the media will feast on this.
It's just our bad luck that we are not a country that 'disappears' people like him.
the sentencing remarks are an interesting read -
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in particular in respect of para.7:-
7. There is no Sentencing Council definitive guideline or Court of Appeal sentencing guideline authority for the offence of directing a terrorist organisation. Therefore, I must assess culpability, harm and then the starting point for my sentence with reference to the maximum sentence for the offence (which is life imprisonment), the relevant aims of sentencing (in this case punishment, the protection of the public and the reduction of crime though deterrence) and the Sentencing Council General Guideline: Overarching Principles.