European judges order UK to pay terrorist £13,600

European judges order UK  to hand Ismail Abdurahman £13,600 of taxpayers’ money for his legal fees because his human rights were breached, After the Islamist convict successfully argued he had been denied the right to a fair trial. The terrorist helped the failed July 21 bombers.

In a ruling which risked provoking outrage, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that a statement the extremist provided as a witness, rather than a suspect, was used against him in court.

It comes as a surprise following a series of unsuccessful legal challenges by the plotters behind the failed attacks on the London Underground in 2005 – a fortnight after 52 were murdered by suicide bombers on July 7.

Abdurahman, a British citizen, was charged with assisting one of the bombers and of failing to disclose information about the attack. He was sentenced to ten years in prison, later reduced to eight on appeal. He hid would-be bomber Hussain Osman for three days after his plan to repeat the carnage of the 7/7 bombings failed.

He was initially treated as a witness, and so quizzed without a lawyer. However, when the terrorist began to incriminate himself, police delayed allowing him access to legal advice and failed to tell him of his right to silence.

He argued this violated Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights, which safeguards the right to a fair trial. Yesterday he was awarded £13,600 after judges voted by 11 to six that his rights had been violated.

European judges order UK to pay terrorist £13,600