Well seven months after attack on Muslims in London, perpetrator was sentenced to life imprisonment after a jury of judges had already found him guilty on Thursday of murder and attempted murder. The man can only hope for early release if he has spent at least 43 years in prison. The man is 48 years old.

The Welshman Darren O. drove into a group of Muslims in middle of June near a mosque in district of Finsbury Park with a rented van. A 51-year-old man was killed and twelve or people were injured. They had just arrived during fasting month of Ramadan from evening prayers.

"Kill as many as possible"

The defendant's spirit had been "poisoned" by extreme right-wing notions, said Judge Bobbie Cheema-Grubb on grounds of verdict, following reasoning of prosecutor's office. This had declared that O. had been driven by hatred of Muslims and radicalizeded by right-wing extremist and anti-Islamic propaganda on Internet. At start of process in mid-January, prosecutor declared that O. tried to kill as many of group as possible.

O. Even pleaded not guilty. He stated that he had planned attack with two accomplices, one of whom had steered van and n "spontaneously" raced into crowd in front of mosque. He also revealed furr assassination plans in court, which he wanted to kill Labour chief Jeremy Corbyn and London Mayor Sadiq Khan in a Propalestinian demonstration.

The Public Prosecutor's office holds information about alleged accomplices invented for. Rar, investigators report an increasing radicalisation. According to police, unemployed far of four children had been dealing with extreme right-wing content for a long time, especially on Internet. The Islamist attacks of Manchester in May and London in June, with a total of 35 deaths, would have furr increased his rage.

Date Of Update: 03 February 2018, 12:03