{"id":21581,"date":"2015-12-02T08:15:51","date_gmt":"2015-12-02T08:15:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/british-terror-suspect-jermaine-grant-jailed-in\/"},"modified":"2015-12-02T08:15:47","modified_gmt":"2015-12-02T08:15:47","slug":"british-terror-suspect-jermaine-grant-jailed-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/british-terror-suspect-jermaine-grant-jailed-in\/","title":{"rendered":"British terror suspect Jermaine Grant jailed in Kenya"},"content":{"rendered":"

{A British man accused of plotting terror attacks on the Kenyan coast has been jailed for nine years in Mombasa.}<\/p>\n

Jermaine Grant, from London, was jailed for nine charges related to trying to illegally obtain Kenyan citizenship.<\/p>\n

He faces separate charges of “conspiring to improvise an explosive device” and a trial in Mombasa is ongoing. He denies the terror charges.<\/p>\n

Grant was arrested in 2011 when batteries and chemicals were discovered in his apartment in Mombasa.<\/p>\n

UK police – who have provided forensic assistance to Kenyan authorities – allege they were “precursors for making highly volatile explosive substances”.<\/p>\n

Samantha Lewthwaite, known as the “White Widow” and wanted in connection with the 7\/7 bombings in London in 2005, is also suspected of being involved in the alleged plot.<\/p>\n

She escaped arrest in Kenya in 2011 and has been missing since then.<\/p>\n

The sentencing of Grant comes after Mombasa High Court judge Martin Muya overturned an earlier acquittal on the Kenyan citizenship charges.<\/p>\n

“I order that the accused serves one year of imprisonment on each of the nine counts,” the judge said while passing sentence.<\/p>\n

Addressing Grant, he added: “This sentence will run consecutively, which means you will serve a total of nine years’ imprisonment.”<\/p>\n

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SOURCE:BBC:[British terror suspect Jermaine Grant jailed in Kenya->http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/uk-34982045]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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