Abu Qatada will be banned from taking his youngest child to school when he is released from prison today.
Abu Qatada will be banned from taking his youngest child to school when is released from prison
In a victory for the Government, a court has ruled that the preacher’s hours under curfew will not allow him out at school opening and closing times.
Under the terms of his release, the cleric - described as Osama Bin Laden’s ambassador in Europe – must obey a 22-hour curfew, wear and electronic tag and is banned from using the internet and telephone.
The Home Office went to court on Friday to obtain an order to ensure that his hours of freedom would not allow him to take his youngest son to and from school.
A senior legal source told the Daily Mail: “The court came back and said the Home Office request was fine. Abu Qatada won’t be able to do the school run.”
The disclosure comes as ministers resort to a change in tactics to see Qatada deported to Jordan amid anger that the taxpayer will have to fund up to £10,000 a week to help protect Qatada from vigilante attacks once he is released.
James Brokenshire, the security minister, was due to fly to Jordan today in an urgent bid to gain necessary assurances that will allow the UK to deport Qatada.
He won bail after the European Court of Human Rights said he could not be returned to Jordan, where he has been convicted of terror offences in his absence, because he will not get a fair retrial amid concerns evidence to be used against him was obtained by torture.
The UK Government is seeking guarantees such evidence will not be used and he would face a fair trial.
Qatada, who the courts have described as a “dangerous risk”, is expected to be released from custody today after a judge granted him bail.
Despite strict bail conditions, he will have unrestricted access to his family and there was growing concern last night that he could now radicalise his teenage son.
His son Qatada Othman could complete an “apprenticeship in terror” once his father is released, an MP warned, after it emerged he has already mixed with extremists.
The 18-year-old, shared a platform with radicals to accuse the West of “waging war” on Muslims and attacked the UK for locking up his father without charge.
His security monitoring is likely to cost more than half a million pounds a year and critics said that was as much to protect him as to protect the public from him.
A YouGov poll yesterday found seven in ten people thought Qatada should be deported regardless of whether he can be guaranteed a fair trial.
Once Qatada is released he will be restricted on who he can meet, with the exception of his immediate family.
It has led to concerns over the influence he may now wield on his children.
It has emerged that last summer Qatada Othman spoke at an event outside Belmarsh high security prison in south east London.
He spoke in fluent Arabic and appeared to support “places of Jihad” around the world and said the UK was not his “abode or home, even though he family have lived off benefits here from almost two decades.
Other speakers at the event included Abu Izzadeen, also known as Omar Brooks, who was jailed for four and a half years in 2008 for inciting terrorism abroad and terrorist fund-raising,. He later had his sentence reduced by a year on appeal.
Patrick Mercer, the Tory MP, said: “Qatada Othman is only 18 but seems to be going through an apprenticeship in terror.
“It is a very fair bet that whatever happens to his father we will have similar problems with his son.
“The bail conditions make no provision for members of his family meaning young Qatada will be even further alienated by his father’s views.”
Peter Bone, another Conservative backbencher, added: “I am concerned about every aspect of this (Abu Qatada) case and he could radicalise his immediate family.”
Source:http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/9078442/Abu-Qatada-banned-from-school-run.html
He won bail after the European Court of Human Rights said he could not be returned to Jordan, where he has been convicted of terror offences in his absence, because he will not get a fair retrial amid concerns evidence to be used against him was obtained by torture.
The UK Government is seeking guarantees such evidence will not be used and he would face a fair trial.
Qatada, who the courts have described as a “dangerous risk”, is expected to be released from custody today after a judge granted him bail.
Despite strict bail conditions, he will have unrestricted access to his family and there was growing concern last night that he could now radicalise his teenage son.
His son Qatada Othman could complete an “apprenticeship in terror” once his father is released, an MP warned, after it emerged he has already mixed with extremists.
The 18-year-old, shared a platform with radicals to accuse the West of “waging war” on Muslims and attacked the UK for locking up his father without charge.
His security monitoring is likely to cost more than half a million pounds a year and critics said that was as much to protect him as to protect the public from him.
A YouGov poll yesterday found seven in ten people thought Qatada should be deported regardless of whether he can be guaranteed a fair trial.
Once Qatada is released he will be restricted on who he can meet, with the exception of his immediate family.
It has led to concerns over the influence he may now wield on his children.
It has emerged that last summer Qatada Othman spoke at an event outside Belmarsh high security prison in south east London.
He spoke in fluent Arabic and appeared to support “places of Jihad” around the world and said the UK was not his “abode or home, even though he family have lived off benefits here from almost two decades.
Other speakers at the event included Abu Izzadeen, also known as Omar Brooks, who was jailed for four and a half years in 2008 for inciting terrorism abroad and terrorist fund-raising,. He later had his sentence reduced by a year on appeal.
Patrick Mercer, the Tory MP, said: “Qatada Othman is only 18 but seems to be going through an apprenticeship in terror.
“It is a very fair bet that whatever happens to his father we will have similar problems with his son.
“The bail conditions make no provision for members of his family meaning young Qatada will be even further alienated by his father’s views.”
Peter Bone, another Conservative backbencher, added: “I am concerned about every aspect of this (Abu Qatada) case and he could radicalise his immediate family.”
Source:http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/9078442/Abu-Qatada-banned-from-school-run.html
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