Paris court convicts three aides to shoebomber Reid

Reuters ^ | 16 June 2005 | Reuters

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Paris court convicts three aides to shoebomber Reid

A top French court jailed three men for terrorist conspiracy on Thursday after finding them guilty of helping "shoebomber" Richard Reid, who narrowly failed to destroy a U.S. airliner over the Atlantic.

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Jacqueline Rebeyrotte, presiding judge at the main Paris criminal court, sentenced Ghulam Rama to five years in prison and expulsion from France once his sentence was served.

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His co-accused, Frenchmen Hakim Mokhfi and Hassan El Cheguer, both aged 31, were each jailed for four years, one year suspended. The court ordered them released as they have been in preventive detention since June 2002.

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During the trial, the court heard that according to French intelligence, Rama had used trips to Britain, New York, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia between 2001 and 2002 as cover while he organized terrorist attacks.

A French probe on Reid's activities in France revealed he had used a Paris cyber cafe to contact Pakistan, a trail that led them to Rama, president of the Straight Path Muslim charity.

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"His co-accused ... were each jailed for four years, one year suspended. The court ordered them released as they have been in preventive detention since June 2002."

Hmm...

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June 2005 minus June 2002 equals 3 years served.
Maybe the court was a graduate of public school.