RADICAL PREACHER AWARDED WITH £ 2,500 - (WHO SAID THAT CRIME DOESN'T PAY ?)

Jailed Cleric Qatada Gets Human Rights Payout

Radical preacher Abu Qatada has been awarded £2,500 compensation after European judges ruled his detention without trial breached his human rights.

Abu Qatada was described by UK immigration as a "truly dangerous individual"
The European Court of Human Rights ruled anti-terror laws introduced by the Government after the 2001 attacks on the US violated the Human Rights Convention.

Qatada's victory comes 24 hours after he lost the latest round of his legal battle to stay in Britain.

Ten others detained under the rules - none named by the court - received similar modest cash awards.

The ruling acknowledged that at the time of the detentions, "there had been a public emergency threatening the life of the nation".

But it said the issue was whether the legal measures adopted by the Government in response were "strictly required by the exigencies of the situation".

The human rights judges said the rules had "discriminated unjustifiably" between UK nationals and non-nationals - targeting only non-UK citizens.

Qatada was first detained in 2002, when the UK's Special Immigration Appeals Commission (Siac) described him as a "truly dangerous individual".

The Siac said he had given religious authority to numerous high-profile terrorists across the world, including those behind the September 11 attacks.

On Wednesday Law Lords ruled Qatada could be deported to his native Jordan despite claims he could be tortured there.

taken from : news.sky.com