No Jail For "Lyrical Terrorist" Thought Criminal

[TonyGosling]

Suspended sentence for the 'lyrical terrorist'
By Jerome Taylor
Published: 07 December 2007

The first woman to be convicted under new terror legislation was spared a jail term after the judge said her actions were "on the margins" of what constitutes a crime. He handed down a suspended sentence.

http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/crime/article3231217.ece

Samina Malik, 23, who compiled a "library" of jihadi-inspired manuals and wrote poetry extolling martyrdom using the pen name "Lyrical Terrorist", was found guilty earlier this month under Section 58 of the Terrorism Act 2000 which makes it a crime to have materials "likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism".
Malik, who worked in a stationery shop at Heathrow airport, was given a nine-month jail term, suspended for 18 months, and was ordered to carry out community service...................

[conspiracy analyst]

I wonder whatever happened to the prosecution of Blair as a war criminal.
The Lawyers union of Britain once more prefers to pocket money rather than do anything constructive. Liberty the same.

As for Stop the War Coalition apart from Saturday walks along empty roads to a big park at the end of it, where we hear the same old boring speeches their campaigning methods in terms of originality are almost zero.