Of course! Not to forked over the cash to Usman Khan would have been “Islamophobic”! How much did Tommy Robinson get?
“London Bridge terrorist Usman Khan who killed Jack Merritt and Saskia Jones ‘gets £350,000 legal aid,'” by Tiffany Lo and James Rodger, Birmingham Live, January 5, 2020:
A terrorist responsible for an attack on London Bridge last year received a six-figure sum in legal aid over a plot to bomb the London Stock Exchange.
Reports suggest Usman Khan – who struck on London Bridge, killing two Brits – used up hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of taxpayer money in the courts.
Khan, from Staffordshire, was on licence from prison when he claimed the life of two young people…
The Sun on Sunday reports in 2012 Khan was given £341,460 in aid to be represented at court, including £217,324 for his barrister and £124,136 for a solicitor.
The 28-year-old was also given £12,000 to successfully appeal his sentence after being sentenced to indeterminate detention with a minimum custodial jail term of eight years in 2012….
CogitoErgoSum says
So what’s his defense … insane while being Muslim? He should get a discount price for that one.
Lightship Chaplain says
Simply SICKENING!
Rufolino says
Islam is running Britain because anything else would be “Islamophobic”. They are the privileged class.
Frank Anderson says
As long as terrorism is treated as an “ordinary” criminal offense instead of the same kind of illegal combat as part of a war declared 1400 years ago, get used to incredible bills for both prosecution AND defense. Terrorism on land or in the air is nothing different from piracy on the high seas, Those conducting it are “enemies of all mankind” who deserve and have no rights. The forced imposition of expenses is just a next stage of harm caused by their campaign of jihad. If they can’t kill us all they can bankrupt us with our own rules.
Normal criminal prosecution demands competent representation and all the process that easily translates into millions of dollars for a single case; and then millions more for jail time and appeals.
What defense was allowed for the people murdered by Isis or others? How much did they spend? “A snake will always be a snake no matter how well it is treated.”
Michael Copeland says
Memo to Tiffany Lo and James Rodger, of Birmingham Live:
Usman Khan’s attack was not “on London Bridge”.
It was inside Fishmongers’ Hall.
Just for accuracy.
terry sullivan says
uk really does have lunatics in charge
Jayell says
So my taxes have been going to legally supporting this twisted alien murderer. This is way beyond farcical. Perhaps it’s time there was a mass demo to have this money returned to the taxpayer. As for who foots the bill for this one, perhaps the muslim community should be held responsible – and the Muslim Council of Britain can carry the can since they seem so convinced of their authoritative position in the establishment. And in future, that can pay the legal bills for evry islamic atrocity.
tim gallagher says
What can you say? This sort of generosity, this welfare given to this Muslim maggot, is insane. But, of course, the UK authorities believed that he was some type of success story and a poster boy for the “deradicalization” program, didn’t they, until the scumbag turned around murdered those two people. It is such huge money to have wasted on this piece of garbage, and I guess there are many more cases like this one and gigantic amounts of money thrown away in helping out the Muslim enemy. I’m guessing that this Muslim terrorist would have been laughing about all the infidels’ money he was being given.
Ade Fegan says
Obscene …
Just try getting legal aid in the UK for anything other than jihad terror
Ade Fegan says
If another victory for radical islam to strike a blow to the UK economy
of over a third of a million sterling .. on top of all the other damage he has caused
Frank Anderson says
A.F. that was only the cost of the defense at that trial. The cost of the prosecution, appeals and jail will almost certainly be at least 5 times more.
gravenimage says
Good point, Frank.
Frank Anderson says
GI, the self-inflicted damage can exceed the damage from the terrorist attack. If enough terrorists load the economy, the economy will collapse. Lavish and scrupulous adherence to normal due process requirements amplifies the social injury of terrorism.
gravenimage says
Grimly true, Frank.
On of the stated goals of 9/11 was to destroy the American economy.
Economic Jihad–in large part aimed at overburdening our system–can be as deadly as Jihad terror itself.
Jayell says
All the prosecution and defence costs are one thing, of course, but you have to add the social costs of the actual crime itself – the physical and mental damage, the disruption, etc. – which may end up outweighing the legal aspects. Muslims make it very clear that they don’t consider themselves part of our setup and have no intention of being respectful, co-operative and constructive but only disrespectful, inconsiderate, destruxtive and parasitic. For our societies to survive they have to be removed.
Frank Anderson says
Jayell, for what it is worth, I agree. The costs do not end with ALL of the expenses of court, prosecution, defense, and confinement/”rehabilitation”. The costs extend far beyond those to all the others you describe; and more that even we miss.
The primary reason in my opinion, based on my contact with a number of college juniors from the former Soviet Union, and reading on the subject, for the collapse of the Soviet Union was the failure of accurate recording and analysis of cost.
As long as government is treated as having an unlimited source of money, to squander it wherever leaders find it convenient, collapse will follow; because people will get tired of being bled to death from high taxation and obvious waste and abuse.
gravenimage says
UK: London Bridge jihad murderer got $457,000 in legal aid
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Enough to buy a nice house in most parts of the country…
DazzleMe says
What is going on in this world—-I think people have gone crazy ?
Save Europe says
I urge all readers to go through the following vile U.K. based, pro Muslim website.
Please note! How these idiots proclaim victimhood, at every opportunity – please go through their News Feed!
It is worth following these idiots because there’s virtually ZERO police arrests after a supposed accusation.
https://tellmamauk.org/news/
Tay says
In Britain at the moment, white people are constantly being branded racist every time they speak out against ANYTHING!! Even if what they’re speaking out against has nothing to do with race.
White privilege they calling us.
In this case, as well as thousands of other cases…I think we can all agree it is most definitely ‘Muslim Privilege’