Life sentence for 'directing terrorism'

The first person to be convicted in Britain for the crime of directing terrorism is sentenced to life in prison with a minimum term of 10 years.

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LONDON // The first person to be convicted in Britain for the crime of directing terrorism has been sentenced to life in prison with a minimum term of 10 years. Rangzieb Ahmed, 33, was convicted of heading a three-man al Qa'eda cell which was planning mass murder. Justice John Saunders told Ahmed today that he was "an extremely dangerous man". Co-defendant Habib Ahmed was sentenced to a minimum of nine years for being a member of a terror group.

The jury in Manchester had heard that Rangzieb Ahmed gave two diaries to Habib Ahmed that contained details of al Qa'eda operatives written in invisible ink. *AP