Mohammed Ahmed Mohamed,27 (pictured) terror suspect and now
fugitive who escaped from police in a mosque in London wearing a Burka provoked
fury last night when he demanded up to £1million in compensation from Britain’s
taxpayers in yet another human rights fiasco.
To everyone’s surprise at Westminster yesterday, the High
Court ruled that the terror suspect can make a claim for civil damages using legal
aid – despite being on the run.
It came as Sir John Sawers, the head of MI6, told a public
hearing that the intelligence agencies had been ‘sickened’ by terrorists
getting large payouts through unfounded compensation claims.
Mohamed alleges he was ill-treated after his arrest in
Somaliland in 2011.
The jihadist, linked to the murderous Al Shabaab gang, is
suspected of receiving terror training overseas and plotting attacks against
western interests.
But his lawyers claim he was mistreated by his Somaliland
interrogators with the knowledge of British security agents and are demanding
huge sums in compensation for breach of Labour’s Human Rights Act.
The fact Mohamed is on the run – after cutting off his
tagging device at a London mosque last Friday – has not halted the case.
A second compensation claim is being made by another alleged
jihadist, known only by the initials CF.
The case sparked incredulity at Westminster and new demands are
being made for the scrapping of the Human Rights Act.
If Mohamed is ever caught, he will still be entitled to
pocket any award of compensation. Senior Tory backbencher Sir Gerald Howarth
said the claim was a farce.
‘The abuse of the human rights legislation has now reached
such offensive proportions that I think we will have to consider repealing it
in this Parliament,’ he said.
The Fugitive terror suspect Mohammed Ahmed Mohamed is said
to be know the White Widow, Samantha Lewthwaite. Remember her? At the Kenyan
Mall massacre…see picture below
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