r/AskBrits • Brit 🇬🇧 • 23h ago

This is lunacy, right?

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An Islamic terrorist who belonged to Al-Qaeda and later Isis has been spotted shopping at King Charles’ local Co-op.

Mohammed Yaseen was free to walk the streets near Windsor Castle after he was allowed to stay in Britain on human rights grounds.

Yaseen was part of the Al Qaeda group that beheaded Briton Ken Bigley before joining a unit in Isis that carried out stonings, beheadings and mass executions.

He was released from prison last week after serving just six months of a two-year sentence for illegally entering the country on a small boat, following a near five-year prison term in Germany for his Isis membership.

The Foreign Office has raised concerns he could face ‘mistreatment’ if he were returned to Iraq because of his terrorist past, the Mail on Sunday reports.

Experts have said Yaseen could cost the taxpayer £85,000 as the Home Office pays for his stay in accomodation and his food allowance.

Chris Philp, Shadow Home Secretary, said: ‘We are paying through the nose to feed, clothe and house individuals who pose a clear threat. If Andy Burnham took this seriously, he would deport this man at once.’

A court in Germany heard in 2020 that Yaseen was involved in bomb attacks that killed US troops in Iraq.

He also served as a security guard for Isis, including during at least two mass executions where the victims included children.

Yaseen was intercepted last December by Border Force. He gave officials a false name before routine biometric checks revealed his true identity.

At his trial at Winchester Crown Court, prosecutor Steven Molloy said Yaseen had a ‘deeper and lengthy involvement in terrorism and Islamic extremist ideology’.

It is understood that Yaseen was cleared to walk around town with an ankle tag and observe a 6pm to 6am curfew.

However these restrictions did not stop him going to Windsor Great Park or to the castle.

Yaseen grew up in western Iraq and became a member of Islamic State of Iraq, a franchise of Al Qaeda, aged just 16.

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u/SafeWill5831 22h ago

Why are Europeans keeping scumbags like this one and deporting graduates and open minded immigrants with degrees who want to work instead

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u/Ordinary-Care-5867 22h ago

The people you’re referring to have had their visas expired or failed to meet other criteria (lost their job etc). So, while I (and anyone with a brain) agree completely that we are not nearly hard enough IN GENERAL in UK law when it comes to violent crime and past behaviours, and also that obviously, this man being allowed to remain in the UK is a clear violation of all common sense, this is not a deliberate attempt to keep a terrorist in the country (which does not benefit a governing body) and keep out hard workers. And the statistics overwhelmingly support this.

The guy in the picture is currently in prison after being recalled for a parole breach and has been in and out of UK and German prisons for the last 10 years. Furthermore, all his crimes were committed overseas but both western countries made a point of prosecuting him for whatever else they could to keep him away from the public.

Finally, the laws preventing him from being deported back, however flawed they may be, have been there for a long time and were obviously not invented for this purpose.

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u/Emergency_Lie42 21h ago

Nah nah bro it's suicidal empathy, trust me and my pattern recognition.

/s if that wasn't clear.