- Judge Tan Ikram didn’t impose a jail time period or neighborhood order on the offenders
Senior MPs have criticised prosecutors for dropping an investigation right into a choose who dealt leniently with three ladies protesters uncovered by The Mail on Sunday for sporting ‘Hamas paragliders’ photos on their jackets.
Heba AlHayek, 29, Pauline Ankunda, 26, and Noimotu Olayinka Taiwo, 27, displayed the images throughout a pro-Palestine march in London, seven days after the October 7 Hamas terror assault in Israel that left practically 1,200 useless.
There was nationwide outrage after The Mail on Sunday revealed the ladies on the march, as the images on their jackets celebrated the strategy Hamas terrorists used to fly into Israel from Gaza to unleash their killing spree.
Our entrance web page story sparked a public attraction by police, which led to the arrest of the three ladies and fees of inviting help for a proscribed organisation, which is punishable by as much as 14 years jail.
Judge Tan Ikram discovered them responsible at Westminster Magistrates Court however didn’t impose a jail time period or neighborhood order, saying their lesson had been ‘well-learned’.
Judge Tan Ikram (pictured) discovered them responsible at Westminster Magistrates Court however didn’t impose a jail time period or neighborhood order, saying their lesson had been ‘well-learned’
Heba AlHayek (pictured) was one of many three ladies convicted of terror offence for displaying pictures of Hamas paragliders
There was nationwide outrage after The Mail on Sunday revealed the ladies on the march, as the images on their jackets celebrated the strategy Hamas terrorists used to fly into Israel from Gaza to unleash their killing spree
But questions have been raised in regards to the choose’s impartiality after it emerged that on his LinkedIn web page he preferred a video which branded Israel a ‘terrorist’ state and known as for a free Palestine.
Although the choose stated he preferred the submit by mistake, the Crown Prosecution Service investigated after two Jewish teams complained to the Judicial Conduct Investigations Office.
But final evening the CPS stated no motion could be taken, including: ‘We have carefully considered the option of judicial review of the judge’s determination and concluded that that is unlikely to achieve success.’
Tory ex-Justice Secretary Robert Buckland stated he would write to the Director of Public Prosecutions demanding a full clarification.
Mr Buckland, a former choose, stated: ‘We can’t afford any suggestion of intrusion of politics into circumstances like this. They are delicate sufficient.’ He stated Judge Ikram ought to have declared his social media actions earlier than the trial or recused himself.
Tory former chief Iain Duncan Smith stated: ‘His [the judge’s] sentiments are within the flawed place. It’s important full impartiality is confirmed in each determination made.’
It was reported lately that AlHayek, who’s initially from Gaza, is having her asylum standing reviewed by the Home Office.
Last evening the Home Office stated: ‘In some circumstances it is appropriate to revoke protection status where evidence emerges that status was obtained by deception, or where someone represents a threat to our national security or demonstrates extremist behaviour.’