UK: Al-Qaeda jihad bomb plot gangs given $47 million in legal aid to fund their defense

When Kevin Carroll and Tommy Robinson receive $47 million in legal aid, I will stop saying that the British legal system is biased against them and in favor of jihadists and Islamic supremacists.

"Al Qaeda bomb plot gangs were handed £30m in legal aid to fund their defence," by James Slack in the Daily Mail, January 21 (thanks to Pamela Geller):

Two gangs of Al Qaeda terrorists who plotted to inflict mass murder on the British public shared more than £30million in legal aid, it emerged last night.
Figures released by the Ministry of Justice show the astonishing sums being paid out by taxpayers to fund defence in criminal cases.

Recipients of huge amounts include the July 21 bombers, a group of Islamist fanatics behind the 2006 airline liquid bomb plot and a string of fraud cases.

The former fugitive Asil Nadir - who rented a £23,000-a-month London residence during his trial - received more than £1million in legal aid.

'Suffolk Strangler' Steven Wright, who murdered five prostitutes in Ipswich, was given £444,220 to pay for his defence.

Justice Secretary Chris Grayling said of the revelations: ‘Of course everyone deserves a defence.

‘But when you look at costs involved in some cases, you have to ask whether we can afford to provide this level of support in criminal trials.

‘Criminal legal aid costs one billion a year, and at a time like this, you have to challenge whether we are getting appropriate value for taxpayers’ money.’

A breakdown published by Mr Grayling’s department details the most expensive legal aid cases in each of the last five financial years.

In 2007/08, the July 21 terrorism trial swallowed £7.1million. Muktar Ibrahim, Ramzi Mohammed, Yassin Omar and Hussain Osman were convicted of attempting to blow themselves up on the London transport network just two weeks after the 7/7 atrocity in 2005.

The four men tried to mirror the previous attack but their rucksacks, packed with explosives, failed to detonate. At their trial in 2007, they claimed it was a deliberate hoax to protest over the war in Iraq.

The following year the eight defendants in an alleged conspiracy to launch suicide bomb attacks on a succession of transatlantic airliners, using liquid bombs, cost £12.2million in legal aid. The plot led to draconian restrictions on what could be taken on flights.

The first jury failed to reach a verdict in the case - leading to re-trials which swallowed a further £14.8million. Ultimately, seven out of the eight original suspects were found guilty of conspiracy to murder....

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duh_swami | January 27, 2013 7:40 AM | Reply

Where does all the money go, I'm just askin...
The judge gets paid, the court clerk and bailiff get paid, the janitor who cleans up gets paid...
And the lawyers get paid...Of those, who gets paid the most...Well, it ain't the janitor...

Dsinc | January 27, 2013 12:10 PM | Reply

The lawyers involved are all Muslim's too. One law firm I have seen named is Imran Khan and Partners. It's a lose/lose situation.

Max Modine | January 27, 2013 3:39 PM | Reply

Canned (available for purchase off the shelf) Politicians are arguably the greatest bane of Western civilization: belay that, all civilizations. A close second is the "Legal Profession". lawyers. The masses naively presume lawyers exist to serve Lady Justice. Wrong. Lawyers enrich themselves (usually legally I reluctantly admit) by exploiting the ambiguity inherent in the Legal system. If Lady Justice wasn’t so blind a significant percentage of these self-serving parasites would be serving Justice behind pipes. Max.

PJG | January 27, 2013 4:20 PM | Reply

Justice Secretary Chris Grayling said of the revelations: "Of course everyone deserves a defence".

There is that word again: "deserves". Nonsense! What does anyone "deserve"? At the most, it can be said, "Everyone is currently legally entitled to..."

Criminals and jihadists "deserve" appropriate punishment. And jihadists do NOT "deserve" to be represented by biased Muslim lawyers.

Aardvark replied to comment from Dsinc | January 27, 2013 6:47 PM | Reply

And if they are "good" mohammedans, then a portion of that money will be handed over to the mosque, to finance more jihad attempts.

Which will, of course, bring further cases for the lawyers to defend, paid for by the taxpayer.

They seem to have a nice ongoing scheme to extract money from the silly kuffars running here!

Gunung Semeru | January 28, 2013 12:43 AM | Reply

Three convictions for violence, one for fraud, does not make a political prisoner. Mr Spencer forgets that Robinson pleaded guilty.

One the convictions date before EDL, the other two, since the EDL where formed, but none of these have anything to do with anti islam.

On the other hand, the tax-payer has paid about $100,000,000 on allowing and policing EDL Demos.

When the newspapers write about islamic terror, one only have to look at the comment, and see that the majority of people are sick to the teeth with islam. Why is it that the EDL have not been able to capitalise on this discontent towards islam, could it be the average Joe see the EDL as a bunch of thugs, especially when the leader keeps on appearing in court for violence

The last EDL demo had no more than 100 supporters, and most of the former supporters have now left and formed splinter groups, and forming alliances with BNP, National Front and a variety of nazi groups such as the English Golden Dawn.

Dsinc replied to comment from Aardvark | January 28, 2013 3:24 AM | Reply

Exactly! Use any means available to weaken Dar al Harb.

Tommo | January 28, 2013 5:13 AM | Reply

They give to Muslim parasites while cutting armed forces pensions. The government have also announced a further 'gift' of £21.1 million to Syria and Jordan without any idea how it will be spent. This is on top of the £14 billion UK aid programme for this year and doesn't include our share of the EU budget for world humanitarian aid which goes to mostly Muslim countries. The sums are so vast that it is impossible to know how or where the money is spent and whose Swiss bank account is filled to overflowing with our tax payers' money. This madness continues while our national debt of several £ trillion rises year on year and our leaders haven't a clue on how to pay it off.

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