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25/05/2007
Race hate preacher deported
Race hate cleric Abdullah al-Faisal has been deported from Britain, Home Secretary John Reid has confirmed.
The 39-year-old, who is of Jamaican origin, is understood to have left Gatwick airport, bound for Jamaica, around midday, accompanied by two police escorts and an immigration officer.
Al-Faisal was jailed for nine years in 2003 for soliciting the murder of Jews and Hindus and Americans and using threatening during his lectures and taped sermons.
Last year, Mr Reid said that Al-Faisal's words had "strongly influenced" one of the July 7 bombers, Germaine Lindsay.
A statement released by Mr Reid on Friday said that he was pleased that Al-Faisal had been removed from the UK.
(KMcA/SP)
The 39-year-old, who is of Jamaican origin, is understood to have left Gatwick airport, bound for Jamaica, around midday, accompanied by two police escorts and an immigration officer.
Al-Faisal was jailed for nine years in 2003 for soliciting the murder of Jews and Hindus and Americans and using threatening during his lectures and taped sermons.
Last year, Mr Reid said that Al-Faisal's words had "strongly influenced" one of the July 7 bombers, Germaine Lindsay.
A statement released by Mr Reid on Friday said that he was pleased that Al-Faisal had been removed from the UK.
(KMcA/SP)
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