Showing posts with label EDL. Show all posts
Showing posts with label EDL. Show all posts
Friday, 9 November 2012
Thursday, 1 November 2012
Tuesday, 30 October 2012
Al Jizz hatchet job on the EDL
In “English Til I Die” filmmaker Awad Joumaa examines the rise of the English Defence League. Here he explains why the growth of the far right in Europe can no longer be ignored.
Sunday, 28 October 2012
Thursday, 25 October 2012
British paedophile ring 'protected by Parliament and Downing Street'
A powerful paedophile network may have operated in Britain protected by its connections to Parliament and Downing Street, a senior Labour politician suggested yesterday.
Speaking from the back benches of the House of Commons,
Tom Watson, the deputy chairman of the Labour Party, called on the Metropolitan Police to reopen a closed criminal inquiry into paedophilia. Indicating his anxiety that there had been an establishment cover-up,
Mr Watson referred to the case of Peter Righton, who was convicted in 1992 of importing and possessing illegal homosexual pornographic material. Righton, a former consultant to the National Children’s Bureau and lecturer at the National Institute for Social Work in London, admitted two illegal importation charges and one charge of possessing obscene material. He was fined £900.
At Prime Minister’s Questions, Mr Watson said the evidence file used to convict Righton “if it still exists, contains clear intelligence of a widespread paedophile ring”. He told a hushed Commons: “One of its members boasts of a link to a senior aide of a former Prime Minister, who says he could smuggle indecent images of children from abroad.
“The leads were not followed up, but if the files still exist, I want to ensure that the Metropolitan Police secure the evidence, re-examine it, and investigate clear intelligence suggesting a powerful paedophile network linked to Parliament and No 10.”
In the aftermath of Mr Watson’s remarks, media outlets speculated that he was referring to the late former Prime Minister Sir Edward Heath – who was the subject of unsubstantiated rumours about sex with under-age boys – or to Sir Peter Morrison, a former Downing Street aide who died in 1995.
However, The Independent understands that Mr Watson’s comments were not aimed at either Sir Edward or Sir Peter, but at a living person associated with Margaret Thatcher’s administration. They are thought to involve the activities of the Paedophile Information Exchange, a pro-paedophile group in existence between 1974 and 1984, which believed there should be no age of consent.
Responding to the remarks, David Cameron said the MP had raised “a very difficult and complex case”, adding he was unclear which former Prime Minister Mr Watson was referring to. Criticising the BBC’s record on Savile – who was never caught and died last year aged 84, the Prime Minister said: "These allegations do leave many institutions - perhaps particularly the BBC - with serious questions to answer -
I think above all the question, 'How did he get away with this for so long?'.” He told MPs: "The most important thing is that the police investigation is properly resourced and is allowed to continue.”
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Tom Watson, the deputy chairman of the Labour Party, called on the Metropolitan Police to reopen a closed criminal inquiry into paedophilia. Indicating his anxiety that there had been an establishment cover-up,
Mr Watson referred to the case of Peter Righton, who was convicted in 1992 of importing and possessing illegal homosexual pornographic material. Righton, a former consultant to the National Children’s Bureau and lecturer at the National Institute for Social Work in London, admitted two illegal importation charges and one charge of possessing obscene material. He was fined £900.
At Prime Minister’s Questions, Mr Watson said the evidence file used to convict Righton “if it still exists, contains clear intelligence of a widespread paedophile ring”. He told a hushed Commons: “One of its members boasts of a link to a senior aide of a former Prime Minister, who says he could smuggle indecent images of children from abroad.
“The leads were not followed up, but if the files still exist, I want to ensure that the Metropolitan Police secure the evidence, re-examine it, and investigate clear intelligence suggesting a powerful paedophile network linked to Parliament and No 10.”
In the aftermath of Mr Watson’s remarks, media outlets speculated that he was referring to the late former Prime Minister Sir Edward Heath – who was the subject of unsubstantiated rumours about sex with under-age boys – or to Sir Peter Morrison, a former Downing Street aide who died in 1995.
However, The Independent understands that Mr Watson’s comments were not aimed at either Sir Edward or Sir Peter, but at a living person associated with Margaret Thatcher’s administration. They are thought to involve the activities of the Paedophile Information Exchange, a pro-paedophile group in existence between 1974 and 1984, which believed there should be no age of consent.
Responding to the remarks, David Cameron said the MP had raised “a very difficult and complex case”, adding he was unclear which former Prime Minister Mr Watson was referring to. Criticising the BBC’s record on Savile – who was never caught and died last year aged 84, the Prime Minister said: "These allegations do leave many institutions - perhaps particularly the BBC - with serious questions to answer -
I think above all the question, 'How did he get away with this for so long?'.” He told MPs: "The most important thing is that the police investigation is properly resourced and is allowed to continue.”
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Police probe three more 'major' child sex grooming rings
Detectives are investigating another three alleged major child sex grooming rings in Greater Manchester and have doubled the number of officers working on the inquiries to 400.
The probe has widened significantly since nine Asian men were convicted in May
of the systematic grooming and sexual abuse of white girls in Heywood and
Rochdale.
Greater Manchester Police announced last night that a further nine men have
been charged in connection with the alleged sexual abuse of one teenage girl
in Rochdale between 2008 and 2009.
Officers in the region are also investigating three other groups of men
alleged to have sexually abused a series of teenage girls, as well as
“numerous” smaller cases involving one alleged victim who says she was
abused by one or two men, the Manchester Evening News reported.
The force declined to say precisely how many cases it is investigating but it
confirmed that there are now about 400 officers working full-time on child
sexual exploitation and other sexual offences.
Detective Chief Superintendent Mary Doyle, head of Greater Manchester Police’s
public protection division, said: “There are currently a number of child
sexual exploitation investigations under way across the force, which range
from individuals up to large groups of offenders that are loosely connected
to each other.
“Some of these investigations have arisen from historic allegations and some are based on new complaints.
“Some of these investigations have arisen from historic allegations and some are based on new complaints.
“We now have a much better understanding of the signs to look for, plus there
have been significant improvements in the sharing of information between
agencies. Also, the widespread publicity surrounding recent cases has
ensured that victims, witnesses, carers and the wider community are much
more alive now to the threat of child sexual exploitation.
“Child sexual exploitation is now one of the force’s top priorities and we are absolutely committed to ensuring it gets the resources that it deserves.”
Meanwhile, Keir Starmer, QC, the Director of Public Prosecutions, has said that a generation of girls had been betrayed by the justice system's flawed approach to sexual exploitation.
He has ordered a major overhaul of the Crown Prosecution Service's response to sex grooming, with the aim of increasing the number of convictions.
Mr Starmer admitted that a failure to understand the nature of abuse by police, prosecutors and the courts meant that men who groomed teenagers for sex had escaped justice for decades.
"In a number of cases presented to us, particularly in cases involving groups, there's clearly an issue of ethnicity that has to be understood and addressed. As prosecutors we shouldn't shy away from that,” he told The Times.
"But if we're honest it's the approach to the victims, the credibility issue, that causes these cases not to be prosecuted in the past. There was a lack of understanding."
“Child sexual exploitation is now one of the force’s top priorities and we are absolutely committed to ensuring it gets the resources that it deserves.”
Meanwhile, Keir Starmer, QC, the Director of Public Prosecutions, has said that a generation of girls had been betrayed by the justice system's flawed approach to sexual exploitation.
He has ordered a major overhaul of the Crown Prosecution Service's response to sex grooming, with the aim of increasing the number of convictions.
Mr Starmer admitted that a failure to understand the nature of abuse by police, prosecutors and the courts meant that men who groomed teenagers for sex had escaped justice for decades.
"In a number of cases presented to us, particularly in cases involving groups, there's clearly an issue of ethnicity that has to be understood and addressed. As prosecutors we shouldn't shy away from that,” he told The Times.
"But if we're honest it's the approach to the victims, the credibility issue, that causes these cases not to be prosecuted in the past. There was a lack of understanding."
Wednesday, 24 October 2012
12-year-old girl robbed and assaulted in Stockton
Police are looking for a man after a 12-year-old girl was robbed and sexually assaulted on her walk home from school.
The incident happened on Common Land near to Chadwick Walk in Stockton this afternoon.
The schoolgirl was approached by the man, who then went through her bag and then sexually assaulted her.
He is described as:
A man in his thirties
With a scar above one eye
Wearing a large earring in one ear
And with dark skin
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http://www.itv.com/news/tyne-tees/update/2012-10-24/12-year-old-girl-robbed-and-assaulted-in-stockton/
The incident happened on Common Land near to Chadwick Walk in Stockton this afternoon.
The schoolgirl was approached by the man, who then went through her bag and then sexually assaulted her.
He is described as:
A man in his thirties
With a scar above one eye
Wearing a large earring in one ear
And with dark skin
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http://www.itv.com/news/tyne-tees/update/2012-10-24/12-year-old-girl-robbed-and-assaulted-in-stockton/
Four to face trial over Burnley teenager rape claims
FOUR men have appeared in court charged with raping a girl in Burnley.
A 16-year-old girl was found by a man walking his dog
on the canal towpath close to Barden Lane in Burnley at 6am on
Saturday, September 29th.
It is alleged that the girl met the men in the Barden Lane area of Burnley before she was taken to a house where she was attacked.
Then she was allegedly left alongside the Leeds Liverpool canal the next morning.
Mohammed Qasim (25) of Berry Street, Brierfield, was charged with possession of a class B drug and rape.
Mohammed Rizwan Sikander (24) of Colne Road, Burnley, was charged with rape. Amad Khan (25) of Whalley Street, Burnley, was charged with possession of a class B drug and rape.
A 19-year-old man from Burnley, who cannot be named for legal reasons, has also been charged with rape.
All the defendants were rleased on bail to appear again at Burnley Crown Court on January 7th for a plea and case management hearing. A five day trial date has been set to begin on May 7th.
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It is alleged that the girl met the men in the Barden Lane area of Burnley before she was taken to a house where she was attacked.
Then she was allegedly left alongside the Leeds Liverpool canal the next morning.
Mohammed Qasim (25) of Berry Street, Brierfield, was charged with possession of a class B drug and rape.
Mohammed Rizwan Sikander (24) of Colne Road, Burnley, was charged with rape. Amad Khan (25) of Whalley Street, Burnley, was charged with possession of a class B drug and rape.
A 19-year-old man from Burnley, who cannot be named for legal reasons, has also been charged with rape.
All the defendants were rleased on bail to appear again at Burnley Crown Court on January 7th for a plea and case management hearing. A five day trial date has been set to begin on May 7th.
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Halal meat off school menus in Lancashire
THOUSANDS of Muslim children have been left without meat in their
school meals after the county council suddenly axed its contract with a
halal products supplier.
Education chiefs admitted it could take months before a replacement for KQF Foods is found – prompting the Council of Mosques to warn that youngsters’ diets could suffer.
A total of 68 Lancashire County Council schools are affected, including 45 in Burnley, Pendle, Hyndburn and Rossendale.
Five schools in Blackburn and Darwen, which still receive produce through the county’s central catering unit, have also lost their halal meat supplies.
Lancashire Council of Mosques chairman Salim Mulla said: “With the amount of Muslim children in schools under the local authority’s care we are concerned about where they will source their meat in the future.
“We want to see this difficulty resolved quickly. We are worried about our children being left without meat in their diet for any long period.”
Halal is the description of food and drink Muslims are allowed to consume under Islamic dietary laws, as defined in the Koran.
Classifying of halal food, including meat which must be slaughtered in a certain way, can only be carried out by a Muslim expert in the laws.
Confusion surrounds why KQF lost its contract, which started in May 2009 and was renewed in April.
The move follows an unexpected county council food standards inspection into the composition, labelling and quality of the meat on October 9.
The company, based in George West Street, Blackburn, said it had not been given full details of the justification for the decision but believes it relates to paperwork.
A spokesman added the firm was seriously concerned about damage to its reputation.
The county council has refused to disclose the reason but stressed it did not relate to the meat’s Halal accreditation or health and hygiene.
The most recent Blackburn with Darwen council food hygiene inspection gave KQF a clean bill of health and the borough has not advised its schools to stop using the company.
It is understood that the decision to end the contract concerns the precise legal terms between the two parties over the proportion of meat as opposed to water and other bulking products in the halal products following a complaint.
A Lancashire County Council spokeswoman said that it was seeking an emergency temporary supplier of halal products but could give no timescale for securing a new deal.
In the meantime, Muslim children are being offered suitable non-meat and vegetarian alternatives.
KQF’s boss Faruk Valli is currently on a Muslim Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia.
A representative of the company, which employs 30 staff, said: “We had a county council inspection two weeks ago and we failed because our paperwork was not up to date.
“We have only just been inspected by Blackburn with Darwen Council’s Environmental Health officer and they say our hygiene standards are up to scratch.
“We have no idea why the contract was terminated.
“When our managing director gets back we hope to correct any issues and get back to supplying schools Lancashire wide with halal meat as it is the children that are suffering.
“We are concerned this could seriously damage our reputation.”
Roger Eakhurst, the council's assistant director for catering, said: “The health and safety of pupils must always come first in the provision of any supplies to our school kitchens and so we took immediate action.
“We hope to re-establish a supply of halal meat as soon as possible and in the meantime we hope parents and children will bear with us."
Blackburn with Darwen schools chief Coun Tony Humphrys said: “The council recently became aware that a major catering provider to schools in Blackburn with Darwen has ceased using the Blackburn based provider of Halal meat on the basis of an audit which found breaches in relation to their specified contract with the company.
“We had only inspected the premises in September but following the concerns, we inspected the premises again and are satisfied that there is currently no risk to health.”
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Education chiefs admitted it could take months before a replacement for KQF Foods is found – prompting the Council of Mosques to warn that youngsters’ diets could suffer.
A total of 68 Lancashire County Council schools are affected, including 45 in Burnley, Pendle, Hyndburn and Rossendale.
Five schools in Blackburn and Darwen, which still receive produce through the county’s central catering unit, have also lost their halal meat supplies.
Lancashire Council of Mosques chairman Salim Mulla said: “With the amount of Muslim children in schools under the local authority’s care we are concerned about where they will source their meat in the future.
“We want to see this difficulty resolved quickly. We are worried about our children being left without meat in their diet for any long period.”
Halal is the description of food and drink Muslims are allowed to consume under Islamic dietary laws, as defined in the Koran.
Classifying of halal food, including meat which must be slaughtered in a certain way, can only be carried out by a Muslim expert in the laws.
The move follows an unexpected county council food standards inspection into the composition, labelling and quality of the meat on October 9.
The company, based in George West Street, Blackburn, said it had not been given full details of the justification for the decision but believes it relates to paperwork.
A spokesman added the firm was seriously concerned about damage to its reputation.
The county council has refused to disclose the reason but stressed it did not relate to the meat’s Halal accreditation or health and hygiene.
The most recent Blackburn with Darwen council food hygiene inspection gave KQF a clean bill of health and the borough has not advised its schools to stop using the company.
It is understood that the decision to end the contract concerns the precise legal terms between the two parties over the proportion of meat as opposed to water and other bulking products in the halal products following a complaint.
A Lancashire County Council spokeswoman said that it was seeking an emergency temporary supplier of halal products but could give no timescale for securing a new deal.
In the meantime, Muslim children are being offered suitable non-meat and vegetarian alternatives.
KQF’s boss Faruk Valli is currently on a Muslim Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia.
A representative of the company, which employs 30 staff, said: “We had a county council inspection two weeks ago and we failed because our paperwork was not up to date.
“We have only just been inspected by Blackburn with Darwen Council’s Environmental Health officer and they say our hygiene standards are up to scratch.
“We have no idea why the contract was terminated.
“When our managing director gets back we hope to correct any issues and get back to supplying schools Lancashire wide with halal meat as it is the children that are suffering.
“We are concerned this could seriously damage our reputation.”
Roger Eakhurst, the council's assistant director for catering, said: “The health and safety of pupils must always come first in the provision of any supplies to our school kitchens and so we took immediate action.
“We hope to re-establish a supply of halal meat as soon as possible and in the meantime we hope parents and children will bear with us."
Blackburn with Darwen schools chief Coun Tony Humphrys said: “The council recently became aware that a major catering provider to schools in Blackburn with Darwen has ceased using the Blackburn based provider of Halal meat on the basis of an audit which found breaches in relation to their specified contract with the company.
“We had only inspected the premises in September but following the concerns, we inspected the premises again and are satisfied that there is currently no risk to health.”
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Seneca III from The Christian Action Network footage
‘Seneca III’, a retired physicist, had
chosen to remain anonymous until now. But due to the arrests
of Tommy and Paul Weston, both of which appear to be highly political in
nature and smack of at least a degree of totalitarianism, he has chosen
to reveal himself to the camera as the urgency and immediacy of the
message grows exponentially over time.
This is the first interview with Seneca III on Camera.
Thank you again Christian Action Network for the footage. I am anxious to see the whole documentary when you get it done.
muslim Serves Only 5 Days After Beating Elderly Driver…
A driver who was jailed for beating up an elderly woman who told him to watch his language has been freed on bail after serving just five days.Usman Yasin, 30, received a 16-week sentence after being found guilty of hitting 81-year-old Patricia Pearson after she covered his mouth to stop him swearing at her for driving too slowly.
The disabled pensioner suffered horrific injuries during the attack in June this year and told the police the the ordeal had left her feeling 'vulnerable'.
But now she is outraged after her attacker, who has lodged an appeal against his conviction, was granted unconditional bail while he awaits the verdict.
Mrs Pearson said: 'I’m really fuming about the whole thing - it beggars belief. It is a farce and the law in this country is nothing but an ass.'
Mrs Pearson, a former school cleaner from Birkenhead, said her attacker’s release on unconditional bail - which means there are no restrictions on his freedom - was ‘an absolute disgrace’.
Yasin was jailed on October 10 after Burton Magistrates’ Court heard he hit Mrs Pearson due to her alleged slow driving.
The victim sustained injuries including a cut on her forehead and top lip, and grazes to her face, cheek and elbow following the incident in Burton-Upon-Trent, Staffordshire.
Mrs Pearson said she still suffered pain in her lips and neck, as well as psychological trauma and Magistrates dismissed Yasin’s claim of self-defence.
'If he gets off I will get myself a lawyer. He’s not going to get away with it. There’s no way.
'All I want is justice.'
The court had previously heard that the fast food delivery driver had become incensed when he became stuck behind Mrs Pearson - who had been driving to visit her husband in a care home.
He pulled in front of her and braked sharply, before Mrs Pearson got out her car and approached the passenger side of his Peugeot 206.
Read more here
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Tuesday, 23 October 2012
Nine More Muslims from Rochdale charged after child sex grooming probe
Nine men have been charged following an investigation into child grooming in Rochdale.
The charges relate to child exploitation offences committed separately against one teenage girl in the Rochdale area by different men between 2008 and 2009.
The men, who are all from Asian and African backgrounds, were arrested in May. Freddy Kendakumana, 26, of Illminster, Rochdale has been charged with three counts of rape, attempted rape and four counts of sexual activity with a child under 16. He has been bailed to appear at Bury Magistrates’ Court on 7 November 2012.
Roheez Khan, 26, of Ashfield Road, Rochdale has been charged with ten counts of sexual activity with a child under 16. He has been bailed to appear at Bury Magistrates’ Court on the 8 November 2012.
Chola Chansa, 32, of Illminster, Rochdale has been charged with two counts of sexual activity with a child under 16. He has been bailed to appear at Bury Magistrates’ Court on 9 November 2012.
Ali Asghar Hussain Shah, 39, of Lyefield Walk, Rochdale has been charged with sexual activity and inciting sexual activity with a child under 16.
He has been bailed to appear at Bury Magistrates’ Court on 22 November 2012. Anjam Masood, 30, of Marne Crescent, Rochdale has been charged with sexual activity and inciting sexual activity with a child under 16. He has been bailed to appear at Bury Magistrates’ Court on 21 November 2012.
Asrar Haider, 38, of Chamber House Drive, Castleton, Rochdale has been charged with sexual activity and inciting sexual activity with a child under 16. He has been bailed to appear at Bury Magistrates’ Court on 21 November 2012.
Abdul Huk, 36, of Ouldfield Close, Rochdale has been charged with sexual activity with a child under 16. He has been bailed to appear at Bury Magistrates’ Court on 23 November 2012.
Mohammed Rafiq, 31, of Allington, Freehold, Rochdale has been charged with sexual activity and inciting sexual activity with a child under 16. He has been bailed to appear at Bury Magistrates’ Court on 5 December 2012.
Mohammed Ali, 27, of Exbury, Rochdale has been charged with sexual activity with a child under 16. He has been bailed to appear at Bury Magistrates’ Court on 6 December 2012.
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The men, who are all from Asian and African backgrounds, were arrested in May. Freddy Kendakumana, 26, of Illminster, Rochdale has been charged with three counts of rape, attempted rape and four counts of sexual activity with a child under 16. He has been bailed to appear at Bury Magistrates’ Court on 7 November 2012.
Roheez Khan, 26, of Ashfield Road, Rochdale has been charged with ten counts of sexual activity with a child under 16. He has been bailed to appear at Bury Magistrates’ Court on the 8 November 2012.
Chola Chansa, 32, of Illminster, Rochdale has been charged with two counts of sexual activity with a child under 16. He has been bailed to appear at Bury Magistrates’ Court on 9 November 2012.
Ali Asghar Hussain Shah, 39, of Lyefield Walk, Rochdale has been charged with sexual activity and inciting sexual activity with a child under 16.
He has been bailed to appear at Bury Magistrates’ Court on 22 November 2012. Anjam Masood, 30, of Marne Crescent, Rochdale has been charged with sexual activity and inciting sexual activity with a child under 16. He has been bailed to appear at Bury Magistrates’ Court on 21 November 2012.
Asrar Haider, 38, of Chamber House Drive, Castleton, Rochdale has been charged with sexual activity and inciting sexual activity with a child under 16. He has been bailed to appear at Bury Magistrates’ Court on 21 November 2012.
Abdul Huk, 36, of Ouldfield Close, Rochdale has been charged with sexual activity with a child under 16. He has been bailed to appear at Bury Magistrates’ Court on 23 November 2012.
Mohammed Rafiq, 31, of Allington, Freehold, Rochdale has been charged with sexual activity and inciting sexual activity with a child under 16. He has been bailed to appear at Bury Magistrates’ Court on 5 December 2012.
Mohammed Ali, 27, of Exbury, Rochdale has been charged with sexual activity with a child under 16. He has been bailed to appear at Bury Magistrates’ Court on 6 December 2012.
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Woman accused of standing by while trio allegedly abused Tower Hamlets child
A young girl who was sexually abused by three men was mocked by a woman,
who suggested she should “get some money” from her alleged attackers, a
court heard today (Tuesday).
Chinyere Chikwe, 43, allegedly knew the schoolgirl was being abused at various addresses in Poplar and Stepney between the ages of nine and 11, but did nothing to prevent it.
Mohammed Rafique, 53, of Candy Street, Bow, is accused of sexually assaulting the child, over a three year period from March 2003 until February 2006.
Snaresbrook Crown Court heard two other men attacked the girl too, with Sunday Ajayi, 48, accused of raping her, while Chinedu ‘Oscar’ Anyanwu, 43, is alleged to sexually assaulted her.
The girl, now 18, confided in a relative last year before a complaint was lodged to police, jurors heard.
Prosecutor Edmund Gritt said: “Chinyere [Chikwe] is accused of mocking her warnings that Rafique was abusing her. She said, ‘try and get some money off him’.
“Chinyere was a drug user and sex worker to fund her drug habit.”
Rafique was one of Chickwe’s clients, he added, while Ajayi had been her boyfriend, and Anyanwu was her friend.
Chikwe, of Lensbury Way, Abbey Wood, denies cruelty to a person under 16.
Rafique denies indecency with a child, two counts of sexual assault of a child under 13, two counts of indecent assault and attempted rape of a child under 13.
Ajayi, of West Road, Stratford, denies rape of a child under 13 and two counts of attempted rape.
Anyanwu, of Statham Grove, Edmonton, denies attempted rape of a child under 13, and various other sexual offences.
The trial continues.
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Chinyere Chikwe, 43, allegedly knew the schoolgirl was being abused at various addresses in Poplar and Stepney between the ages of nine and 11, but did nothing to prevent it.
Mohammed Rafique, 53, of Candy Street, Bow, is accused of sexually assaulting the child, over a three year period from March 2003 until February 2006.
Snaresbrook Crown Court heard two other men attacked the girl too, with Sunday Ajayi, 48, accused of raping her, while Chinedu ‘Oscar’ Anyanwu, 43, is alleged to sexually assaulted her.
The girl, now 18, confided in a relative last year before a complaint was lodged to police, jurors heard.
Prosecutor Edmund Gritt said: “Chinyere [Chikwe] is accused of mocking her warnings that Rafique was abusing her. She said, ‘try and get some money off him’.
“Chinyere was a drug user and sex worker to fund her drug habit.”
Rafique was one of Chickwe’s clients, he added, while Ajayi had been her boyfriend, and Anyanwu was her friend.
Chikwe, of Lensbury Way, Abbey Wood, denies cruelty to a person under 16.
Rafique denies indecency with a child, two counts of sexual assault of a child under 13, two counts of indecent assault and attempted rape of a child under 13.
Ajayi, of West Road, Stratford, denies rape of a child under 13 and two counts of attempted rape.
Anyanwu, of Statham Grove, Edmonton, denies attempted rape of a child under 13, and various other sexual offences.
The trial continues.
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Somalian Shebab militants threaten British attack
Somalia's Islamist Shebab militia have
warned Britain it would "pay the heftiest price" for its "war against
Islam" and the extradition of radical cleric Abu Hamza to the United
States.
"The nightmare that surreptitiously looms on British shores is bound to eclipse the horrors of 7/7 and 21/7 combined," said one message.
The London bombings on July 7, 2005, were a series of co-ordinated suicide attacks on the city's public transport which killed 52 civilians and the four bombers.
Two weeks later, four attempted bomb attacks disrupted part of the city's public transport system.
Another message read: "Britain will pay the heftiest price for its brazen role in the war against Islam and endless brutality against innocent Muslims."
The Al-Qaeda linked group also vowed to "go to every possible length to attain the freedom of imprisoned Muslim scholars."
A 17,000-strong African Union force, fighting alongside government forces, has in recent months wrested control of a string of Shebab strongholds including the bastion of Kismayo, a strategic southern port.
Radical preacher Hamza and four other terrorism suspects were extradited to the US earlier this month after a British court rejected their last-ditch attempts to block their removal.
A legal saga that dragged on for more than a decade in the courts of Britain and Europe finally ended when two senior judges at the High Court in London dismissed the men's pleas to be allowed a stay of extradition.
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Details on mosque for Lincoln
Further details about a mosque that's to be built in the centre of Lincoln will be revealed by the city council next month.
Detailed drawings of what the mosque could look like, when it's built on this former dairy site on Boultham Park Road, will be revealed at a planning meeting on the seventh of November.
Outline planning permission for the site, which includes a supermarket and possibly housing, was formally agreed last year.
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Detailed drawings of what the mosque could look like, when it's built on this former dairy site on Boultham Park Road, will be revealed at a planning meeting on the seventh of November.
Outline planning permission for the site, which includes a supermarket and possibly housing, was formally agreed last year.
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Monday, 22 October 2012
Wife beaten in East End exorcism pleads with judge not to jail husband
A woman badly beaten in an exorcism by her family who thought she was
‘possessed’ by demons urged a judge to spare her disabled husband from
jail.
Asma Hussain, 50, was tied to a bed and beaten with a walking stick.
Her husband Ahmed, 60, brought in a Muslim imam and encouraged him to hit her harder.
Holy water was also thrown on her during the eight-hour ordeal at their home at Ames House in Mace Street, Bethnal Green, watched by her son Mohammed Kayes Hussain and son-in-law Mohammed Aziz.
“They thought Asma was possessed by a demon,” prosecutor Babtunde Alabi told Snaresbrook crown court.
“She was tied to the bed while the imam prayed and started hitting her with her husband’s walking stick to beat the demon out.”
But Mrs Hussain was unwilling to give evidence in court and continued pushing her husband in his wheelchair throughout the eight-day trial.
She made an impassioned plea to the judge to be merciful and said in a statement: “I have no one else to rely on. Sending him to prison means it is me who will be punished—it would be the end of my life.”
Mrs Hussain had been suffering from stress due to caring for her husband, which the family interpreted as being possessed.
But Judge Neil Sanders told them: “She was vulnerable and had been acting strangely—but the assistance required was medical.”
Hussain, his son and son-in-law were all convicted by a jury of ABH, but cleared of false imprisonment on the judge’s direction.
Hussain was spared jail and instead was given a year’s supervised and a 12-month sentence suspended for two years.
But Kayes Hussain, 28, from Harpley Square, Aldgate, was jailed for 12 months, while Aziz, 21, from Farthing Fields, Shadwell, got nine months.
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Asma Hussain, 50, was tied to a bed and beaten with a walking stick.
Her husband Ahmed, 60, brought in a Muslim imam and encouraged him to hit her harder.
Holy water was also thrown on her during the eight-hour ordeal at their home at Ames House in Mace Street, Bethnal Green, watched by her son Mohammed Kayes Hussain and son-in-law Mohammed Aziz.
“They thought Asma was possessed by a demon,” prosecutor Babtunde Alabi told Snaresbrook crown court.
“She was tied to the bed while the imam prayed and started hitting her with her husband’s walking stick to beat the demon out.”
But Mrs Hussain was unwilling to give evidence in court and continued pushing her husband in his wheelchair throughout the eight-day trial.
She made an impassioned plea to the judge to be merciful and said in a statement: “I have no one else to rely on. Sending him to prison means it is me who will be punished—it would be the end of my life.”
Mrs Hussain had been suffering from stress due to caring for her husband, which the family interpreted as being possessed.
But Judge Neil Sanders told them: “She was vulnerable and had been acting strangely—but the assistance required was medical.”
Hussain, his son and son-in-law were all convicted by a jury of ABH, but cleared of false imprisonment on the judge’s direction.
Hussain was spared jail and instead was given a year’s supervised and a 12-month sentence suspended for two years.
But Kayes Hussain, 28, from Harpley Square, Aldgate, was jailed for 12 months, while Aziz, 21, from Farthing Fields, Shadwell, got nine months.
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British al-Qaeda gang from Birmingham planned 'another 9/11' in UK
An al-Qaeda inspired gang of British Muslims planned to carry out “another 9/11” in the UK with up to eight suicide bombers, a court heard today.
A Jihadist group from Birmingham were to target crowded areas to cause “mass
death” in a terror plot that was set to be even more devastating than the
7/7 London bombings, Woolwich Crown Court was told.
Two of the alleged ringleaders had received terror training in Pakistan and
made martyrdom videos to be released after they had “blown themselves up”.
They were taught in bomb-making, how to use weapons and poisons before returning to the UK to recruit others for their plot.
That included arranging for others to be sent to Pakistan for training as well.
They planned to detonate homemade bombs in up to eight rucksacks and may also
have blown others up with bombs on timers.
In order to raise funds for their terrorist activities, the gang organised bogus street collections in busy areas of Birmingham for the charity Muslim Aid and for a local Islamic school, partly during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, the court heard.
In order to raise funds for their terrorist activities, the gang organised bogus street collections in busy areas of Birmingham for the charity Muslim Aid and for a local Islamic school, partly during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, the court heard.
The “vast majority” of the money never reached the good causes for which it
was intended. More than £13,500 was banked, but Muslim Aid received only
£1,500 and the school just £900.
The group’s alleged chief fundraiser, Rahin Ahmed, 28, tried to generate more funds by investing the money in the capital markets, but lost over £9,000 through incompetent trading.
Brian Altman QC, prosecuting, said: “The stark fact is that the defendants and those they employed to raise funds with them were despicably stealing from their own community money donated to charity.”
The details emerged as the trial began today of three men described by the prosecution as “the senior members of this home-grown terror cell”.
Irfan Naseer, 31, Irfan Khalid, 27, and Ashik Ali, 27, all unemployed from Birmingham, all deny a number of terror charges including planning a bombing campaign, recruiting others for terrorism and terrorism fundraising.
They were among a total of 11 men and one woman arrested by police on various terrorism charges last September.
Mr Altman told the jury of six men and six women: “In September 2011, and after, officers of the West Midlands Counter-Terrorism Unit arrested a number of young men from the Birmingham area, who are resident in this country.
“With it the police successfully disrupted a plan to commit an act or acts of terrorism on a scale potentially greater than the London bombings in July 2005, if it had been allowed to runs its course.
“Although the finer details had not been worked out and agreed upon, the defendants were proposing to detonate up to eight rucksack bombs in a suicide attack and/or detonate bombs on timers in crowded areas in order to cause mass deaths and casualties.
“As you will hear, one of them was even to describe their plan as ‘another 9/11’.”
He added: “The defendants are jihadists – extremists, influenced, in particular, but not exclusively, by the lectures and writings of Anwar Al-Awlaki, a US born extremist of Yemeni descent, and an affiliate of Al-Qaeda on the Arabian Peninsula.”
Awlaki was killed by a drone attack just 12 days after the three men were arrested.
Mr Altman said: “Each of the defendants made the deliberate decision to become a terrorist, following, what they believed to be, the right path dictated by their extreme religious and ideological beliefs.”
The three men are accused of attempting to produce home-made bombs in Ashik Ali’s one-bedroom council flat at 23 White Street in the Sparkbrook area of Birmingham.
Naseer, nicknamed “Chubbs” or “Big Irfan” because of his large size, was a trained chemist who had completed a four-year pharmacy degree at Aston University.
Mr Altman said: “The degree was beneficial to this terror cell as it was Naseer’s knowledge of chemistry, together with his training in terrorism, that allowed the defendants to experiment in producing an explosive mix with a view to constructing a home-made explosive device, an IED, in the kitchen of 23 White Street, in the days leading up to the arrest of these defendants and others.”
Khalid, who was known as “Little Irfan” to distinguish him from Naseer, or “Sylvester”, had apparently worked as a security officer in the past.
Ashik Ali, who is visually impaired, claimed in police interview that he had moved into the White Street flat after separating from his wife.
However, evidence from bugged conversations suggests he had in fact cut himself off from his family in pursuit of his “extreme” beliefs in jihad, the jury was told.
The court heard that four other men, Naweed Ali, 24, Ishaaq Hussain, 20, Khobaib Hussain, 20, and Shahid Khan, 20, have pleaded guilty to engaging in conduct in preparation for terrorism by travelling to Pakistan in August last year for terrorist training.
Three of the young men came back to Britain within days after the family of one of them discovered where they had gone and arranged for their return. The fourth apparently stayed on in Pakistan with family until October.
Ahmed, the fundraiser for the terror cell, has admitted preparing for terrorism by collecting money and investing it for terrorist acts, and by assisting others to travel to Pakistan for terrorist training.
Mujahid Hussain, 21, who was said to be heavily involved in raising money for terrorism, has also pleaded guilty.
Two people whom the defendants allegedly tried to recruit to their plan - Bahader Ali, 29, and Mohammed Rizwan, 33 – deny the charges they face and will stand trial next year.
Ashik Ali’s estranged wife, Salma Kabal, 23, who is accused of knowing of her husband’s terrorist intentions but failing to disclose them to the authorities, will also be tried at a later date.
The trial continues.
The group’s alleged chief fundraiser, Rahin Ahmed, 28, tried to generate more funds by investing the money in the capital markets, but lost over £9,000 through incompetent trading.
Brian Altman QC, prosecuting, said: “The stark fact is that the defendants and those they employed to raise funds with them were despicably stealing from their own community money donated to charity.”
The details emerged as the trial began today of three men described by the prosecution as “the senior members of this home-grown terror cell”.
Irfan Naseer, 31, Irfan Khalid, 27, and Ashik Ali, 27, all unemployed from Birmingham, all deny a number of terror charges including planning a bombing campaign, recruiting others for terrorism and terrorism fundraising.
They were among a total of 11 men and one woman arrested by police on various terrorism charges last September.
Mr Altman told the jury of six men and six women: “In September 2011, and after, officers of the West Midlands Counter-Terrorism Unit arrested a number of young men from the Birmingham area, who are resident in this country.
“With it the police successfully disrupted a plan to commit an act or acts of terrorism on a scale potentially greater than the London bombings in July 2005, if it had been allowed to runs its course.
“Although the finer details had not been worked out and agreed upon, the defendants were proposing to detonate up to eight rucksack bombs in a suicide attack and/or detonate bombs on timers in crowded areas in order to cause mass deaths and casualties.
“As you will hear, one of them was even to describe their plan as ‘another 9/11’.”
He added: “The defendants are jihadists – extremists, influenced, in particular, but not exclusively, by the lectures and writings of Anwar Al-Awlaki, a US born extremist of Yemeni descent, and an affiliate of Al-Qaeda on the Arabian Peninsula.”
Awlaki was killed by a drone attack just 12 days after the three men were arrested.
Mr Altman said: “Each of the defendants made the deliberate decision to become a terrorist, following, what they believed to be, the right path dictated by their extreme religious and ideological beliefs.”
The three men are accused of attempting to produce home-made bombs in Ashik Ali’s one-bedroom council flat at 23 White Street in the Sparkbrook area of Birmingham.
Naseer, nicknamed “Chubbs” or “Big Irfan” because of his large size, was a trained chemist who had completed a four-year pharmacy degree at Aston University.
Mr Altman said: “The degree was beneficial to this terror cell as it was Naseer’s knowledge of chemistry, together with his training in terrorism, that allowed the defendants to experiment in producing an explosive mix with a view to constructing a home-made explosive device, an IED, in the kitchen of 23 White Street, in the days leading up to the arrest of these defendants and others.”
Khalid, who was known as “Little Irfan” to distinguish him from Naseer, or “Sylvester”, had apparently worked as a security officer in the past.
Ashik Ali, who is visually impaired, claimed in police interview that he had moved into the White Street flat after separating from his wife.
However, evidence from bugged conversations suggests he had in fact cut himself off from his family in pursuit of his “extreme” beliefs in jihad, the jury was told.
The court heard that four other men, Naweed Ali, 24, Ishaaq Hussain, 20, Khobaib Hussain, 20, and Shahid Khan, 20, have pleaded guilty to engaging in conduct in preparation for terrorism by travelling to Pakistan in August last year for terrorist training.
Three of the young men came back to Britain within days after the family of one of them discovered where they had gone and arranged for their return. The fourth apparently stayed on in Pakistan with family until October.
Ahmed, the fundraiser for the terror cell, has admitted preparing for terrorism by collecting money and investing it for terrorist acts, and by assisting others to travel to Pakistan for terrorist training.
Mujahid Hussain, 21, who was said to be heavily involved in raising money for terrorism, has also pleaded guilty.
Two people whom the defendants allegedly tried to recruit to their plan - Bahader Ali, 29, and Mohammed Rizwan, 33 – deny the charges they face and will stand trial next year.
Ashik Ali’s estranged wife, Salma Kabal, 23, who is accused of knowing of her husband’s terrorist intentions but failing to disclose them to the authorities, will also be tried at a later date.
The trial continues.
“I was absolutely dumbfounded": Soldier sacked 72 HOURS before he gets his full pension
Sergeant Lee Nolan was so furious about losing out on at least £100,000 that he sent his six military medals to David Cameron
AN Iraq war veteran was made redundant just 72 HOURS before qualifying for a full Army pension.
Sergeant Lee Nolan will lose out on at least £100,000 after he became one of 20,000 soldiers who are being axed in savage military cuts.
He was so furious at losing his job, his Army home and financial security after risking his life for his country that he sent his six military medals to David Cameron.
And in a moving letter to the PM he wrote: “The events of the past 12 months have turned my life on its head and sullied my near-18 years of loyal and exemplary service to my country.
“The medals I have enclosed would only serve to remind me of the shocking way I have been treated.”
Sgt Nolan is one of at least 80 soldiers, sailors and aircrew made redundant when they are less than a year away from qualifying.
There have been claims that they are being intentionally selected to save the MoD millions of pounds.
And the axed troops’ plight has sparked calls for a review, with an online petition demanding that the issue is debated in Parliament.
Sgt Nolan, 43 – who did tours of duty in Bosnia, Iraq and Kosovo – joined the Army when he was 24.
He was made compulsorily redundant from his job as a medical technician in the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers last September, leaving on August 31 after a 12-month notice period.
Depending on their rank, forces personnel aged over 40 need 16 or 18 years’ service to earn a pension and lump sum when they leave.
When Sgt Nolan’s redundancy was worked out he was stunned to find his service was 17 years and 362 days... just three days short.
He said: “I was absolutely dumbfounded. In one moment I lost my livelihood, my way of life and the pension I’d relied on to start again.”
He was given a redundancy payout of £93,000 and when he reaches 60 he will get a £5,000-a-year pension. If he had been made redundant three days later he would have received £188,500, made up of a £76,000 lump sum plus £6,250 a year until he was 60. After he complained, he made a heartbreaking discovery.
He said: “They discovered there had been an administrative error. They had only wanted 20 redundancies. I was the 21st.”
Appalled, Sgt Nolan, who has been forced to move in with relatives in Manchester, sent his letter and medals to Mr Cameron.
He received a letter dated a month ago thanking him and promising a reply but has not heard any more. He has now joined the campaign group Pensions Justice for Troops, which says redundant personnel will miss out on at least £40million between them.
Spokeswoman Jayne Bullock said: “People who leave the Armed Forces lose a whole way of life and need financial security as they adapt, retrain and start over again.”
A Number 10 spokesman declined to comment on the letter. The MoD said nearness to qualifying for a pension was not a factor in being selected for redundancy.
Read about another sad exit from the Army: "All I ever wanted to be was a soldier so it is heartbreaking to be leaving": Coldstream Guard who lost leg in Afghanistan faces discharge
AN Iraq war veteran was made redundant just 72 HOURS before qualifying for a full Army pension.
Sergeant Lee Nolan will lose out on at least £100,000 after he became one of 20,000 soldiers who are being axed in savage military cuts.
He was so furious at losing his job, his Army home and financial security after risking his life for his country that he sent his six military medals to David Cameron.
And in a moving letter to the PM he wrote: “The events of the past 12 months have turned my life on its head and sullied my near-18 years of loyal and exemplary service to my country.
“The medals I have enclosed would only serve to remind me of the shocking way I have been treated.”
Sgt Nolan is one of at least 80 soldiers, sailors and aircrew made redundant when they are less than a year away from qualifying.
There have been claims that they are being intentionally selected to save the MoD millions of pounds.
And the axed troops’ plight has sparked calls for a review, with an online petition demanding that the issue is debated in Parliament.
Sgt Nolan, 43 – who did tours of duty in Bosnia, Iraq and Kosovo – joined the Army when he was 24.
He was made compulsorily redundant from his job as a medical technician in the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers last September, leaving on August 31 after a 12-month notice period.
Depending on their rank, forces personnel aged over 40 need 16 or 18 years’ service to earn a pension and lump sum when they leave.
When Sgt Nolan’s redundancy was worked out he was stunned to find his service was 17 years and 362 days... just three days short.
He said: “I was absolutely dumbfounded. In one moment I lost my livelihood, my way of life and the pension I’d relied on to start again.”
He was given a redundancy payout of £93,000 and when he reaches 60 he will get a £5,000-a-year pension. If he had been made redundant three days later he would have received £188,500, made up of a £76,000 lump sum plus £6,250 a year until he was 60. After he complained, he made a heartbreaking discovery.
He said: “They discovered there had been an administrative error. They had only wanted 20 redundancies. I was the 21st.”
Appalled, Sgt Nolan, who has been forced to move in with relatives in Manchester, sent his letter and medals to Mr Cameron.
He received a letter dated a month ago thanking him and promising a reply but has not heard any more. He has now joined the campaign group Pensions Justice for Troops, which says redundant personnel will miss out on at least £40million between them.
Spokeswoman Jayne Bullock said: “People who leave the Armed Forces lose a whole way of life and need financial security as they adapt, retrain and start over again.”
A Number 10 spokesman declined to comment on the letter. The MoD said nearness to qualifying for a pension was not a factor in being selected for redundancy.
Read about another sad exit from the Army: "All I ever wanted to be was a soldier so it is heartbreaking to be leaving": Coldstream Guard who lost leg in Afghanistan faces discharge
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