Kenyan Court Jails British Terror Suspect

Mr. Jermaine Grant, an alleged British terrorist has been jailed by a Kenyan court for nine years for forgery. He has been on trial for terrorism offences following his arrest in 2011, but on Wednesday, High Court Judge Martin Muya, in Mombasa, found Grant guilty of nine charges relating to forged documents.“The accused will serve one year imprisonment on each of the nine counts, and each count will run consecutively, which means that he will serve a total of nine years imprisonment,” Muya said.The sentence was pronounced after the prosecution appealed an earlier ruling to drop the charges in January.Grant has reportedly pleaded guilty in December 2011 to charges of being in the country illegally and lying about his nationality, for which he was sentenced to two jail terms of two years each.But has denied all other charges, including allegations he planned a bombing campaign against hotels popularly known to house foreign tourists.Grant is accused of ties to East Africa’s Al-Qaeda branch, the Shebab, after he was arrested and found to have chemicals, batteries and switches in his possession.Prosecutors have also accused Grant, a Muslim convert, of working with fellow Briton Samantha Lewthwaite, dubbed the “White Widow” by the British tabloid press.Lewthwaite, a 31-year-old Muslim convert, is the widow of Germaine Lindsay, one of four Islamist suicide bombers who attacked the London transport network on July 7, 2005, killing 52 people.

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