Axe-wielding Somali convicted of attempted manslaughter, terrorism in attack on Motoonist gets 9 years in jail

The court also ruled that Mohammed Geele should be expelled from Denmark after serving his sentence. An update on this story. Being sentenced to life in Somalia is easily the harsher part of the punishment. "Somali sentenced to 9 years for axe attack against Danish cartoonist; defence launches appeal," by Jan M. Olsen for the Associated Press, February 4:

COPENHAGEN - A Somali man convicted of terrorism for breaking into the home of a Danish cartoonist who had caricatured the Prophet Muhammad was sentenced Friday to nine years in prison.

Whose prophet?

The Aarhus city court ruled that Muhideen Mohammed Geelle should be expelled from Denmark after serving his sentence.

Defence lawyer Niels Christian Strauss told The Associated Press he had launched an appeal against the conviction and sentence.

The 29-year-old entered cartoonist Kurt Westergaard's home armed with an axe on New Year's Day 2010. Westergaard locked himself inside a panic room and was unharmed. Police arrived and shot Geelle in the leg.

The court on Thursday found Geelle guilty of terrorism.

Strauss said he had appealed as the attack was not an act of terror, as his client had no intention of physically harming Westergaard.

Geelle had testified that he did not want to kill Westergaard, he just wanted to scare him and broke into his home after reading on the Internet that the 75-year-old Dane "was proud of the drawing and wanted to do more."

Westergaard's drawing was one of 12 cartoons of Muhammad published by a Danish newspaper in September 2005, triggering violent protests across the Muslim world four months later.

The prosecution, however, said Geelle had intended to kill Westergaard and that the crime should be viewed as terrorism as it was meant to "seriously frighten the population" and destabilize Denmark. It did not, however, link Geelle to any terror group.

The court also found Geelle guilty of assaulting a police officer, but acquitted him of a charge of attempted murder for throwing the axe at police when they confronted him on arrival at Westergaard's home in Aarhus, northwestern Denmark.

No date has been set for the appeal.

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Jew_Lover | February 4, 2011 12:22 PM | Reply

Whose prophet? - Exactly. One will NEVER see "secular" news organizations refer to Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, etc.

HINT TO AVOID BEHEADINGS IN FUTURE: Have Koranic verses painted on the exterior door of the safe room. I think even the most devout Muslim in a fit of rage, would be reluctant to take an axe to the verses.

PRCS replied to comment from Jew_Lover | February 4, 2011 12:26 PM | Reply

Funny hint. Might even work!

boneshack replied to comment from Jew_Lover | February 4, 2011 12:44 PM | Reply

Yeah, interesting hint. But I would rather smear pig sh*t all over the door rather than defile my house with any islamic filth.

katharina | February 4, 2011 12:49 PM | Reply

Just 9 years (probably be out in 4 years for 'good' behaviour)for the act of Islamic terrorism and intending to murder so savagely Mr. Westergaard with an axe, besides throwing the axe at the police! If the intended victim has died, then this evil Muslim terrorist might get a heavier punishment - where's the rational logic in such pathetic justice? A victim gets away with his life and hence the criminal get away with light punishment?!

PRCS | February 4, 2011 1:29 PM | Reply

Erroneous boilerplate terminology for 'journalists':

1. After airliner accidents--'crews are looking for THE black box' (clueless that the TWO black boxes they are referring to are painted international orange in order to make them easier to find amongst all of the other generally black and/or grey painted 'black boxes' such as airspeed indicators, altimeters, etc.)

2. After general aviation accidents: --'the pilot did not file a flight plan' (never noting that what is usually a VFR flight doesn't require a flight plan).

3. The 'Prophet Muhammad' line: --(clueless as to why the names of those two religiously significant figures Moses and Jesus are not also preceeded by the 'prophet' prefix).

4. One of 12 cartoons of Muhammad published by a Danish newspaper in September 2005: --(clueless that only five were clearly meant to represent Muhammad; maybe six if you consider what the fearful artist has up on his board}.
http://archive.frontpagemag.com/readArticle.aspx?ARTID=5704

Are such 'journalists' just too lazy to do their homeword? Merely uninterested in doing so? Or are such misrepresentations purposeful?

profitsbeard | February 4, 2011 4:19 PM | Reply

9 years?

For a terrorist and would-be assassin?

Should be the death penalty.

Then deport the corpse.

In a nice pigskin-lined coffin.

I'll gladly chip in for it.

dumbledoresarmy | February 5, 2011 12:48 AM | Reply

They don't like being deported.

Because each one of them that is deported back to dar al Islam, is one less Soldier of Allah embedded behind the enemy lines.

So: deportation - at the end of the prison term - is an excellent punishment.

This man, I gather, has a wife and at least one child.

When he is deported - back to Somalia, I assume - his wife and offspring should go with him.

And if he has acquired Danish citizenship before committing his crime, then that citizenship should be declared to his face to be null and void, as also the citizenship of his wife and child. The identifying details of all three evicted Mohammedans to be circulated to all free non-Muslim countries, with advice to not let any one of them back in to the lands of the non-Muslims.

And thus Denmark will be permanently rid of not one but three Muslims.

Jan replied to comment from dumbledoresarmy | February 5, 2011 5:23 AM | Reply

Couldn't agree more. That is what EVERY western country should be doing.

epistemology | February 5, 2011 6:45 AM | Reply

This was obviously an act of terrorism. It's ludricrous to maintain, that he didn't intend to kill Kurt Westergaard. Yep, and deportation is the best punishment back to pre-stone age times.

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