bdnews24.com :
A 48-year-old man has been sentenced to spend the rest of his life in prison, with a minimum jail term of 43 years, for killing a Bangladeshi in an attack near a London mosque last year.
Woolwich Crown Court announced the punishment on Friday, a day after finding Darren Osborne guilty.
The father of four from had planned “a suicide mission” and expected to be shot dead, Justice Cheema-Grubb said, the BBC reported.
“This was a terrorist attack – you intended to kill,” the judge told him, according to the report.
It also quoted Osborne as saying, “God bless you all, thank you”, while being led away from court.
Makram Ali, 51, had fallen ill at the scene just before the attack, and police initially said it was unclear whether he had been killed in the incident or had died of other causes. Later, the attack
was declared the cause of his death.
The father of six, who had come to Britain from Bangladesh at the age of 10, was a quiet man who regularly attended his mosque and enjoyed playing with his grandchildren, his family said.
A 48-year-old man has been sentenced to spend the rest of his life in prison, with a minimum jail term of 43 years, for killing a Bangladeshi in an attack near a London mosque last year.
Woolwich Crown Court announced the punishment on Friday, a day after finding Darren Osborne guilty.
The father of four from had planned “a suicide mission” and expected to be shot dead, Justice Cheema-Grubb said, the BBC reported.
“This was a terrorist attack – you intended to kill,” the judge told him, according to the report.
It also quoted Osborne as saying, “God bless you all, thank you”, while being led away from court.
Makram Ali, 51, had fallen ill at the scene just before the attack, and police initially said it was unclear whether he had been killed in the incident or had died of other causes. Later, the attack
was declared the cause of his death.
The father of six, who had come to Britain from Bangladesh at the age of 10, was a quiet man who regularly attended his mosque and enjoyed playing with his grandchildren, his family said.
