N.Y. Life in jail for controversial cleric Abu Hamza

Life in jail for controversial cleric Abu Hamza

9 January 2015 Last updated at 23:22 GMT

Radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri has been sentenced to life in prison by a court in New York for supporting terrorism.

He was convicted in May of multiple charges, including hostage-taking and plotting to set up a terrorism training camp in the US.

His trial followed a lengthy extradition process from the UK.

Jon Sopel reports.

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