Abu Qatada denied bail due to pressure of Olympics on security forces

Judge rules Islamic cleric who must remain in prison until the appeal against deportation to Jordan is heard

Abu Qatada deportation Islamist cleric against Jordan as a threat to the national security of the United Kingdom, has been refused bail after a judge said the security services and Intelligence not have the resources to cope with a possible escape attempt by him during the Olympics.

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judge, sitting at the Special Commission of Immigration Appeals (SIAC) in London, warned of "threats from Al-Qaeda" franchises Qatada and spring, including a Spanish judge described as Osama bin Laden right-hand man in Europe.

Qatada, held in Belmarsh high security prison, was not in court to hear the judge's decision that keeps in custody was therefore "necessary and proportionate". Mitting said "sinister" elements "spoke vehemently, giving rise to concerns ... to give effective support to escape." He stated that no threat Qatada could be blamed, but the court "can not ignore".

set the date for the appeal against the deportation of Qatada to October 8, Mitting indicated the possibility that the case is resolved after a period of time "unfortunate", and the obvious determination of the Secretary of Interior to deport him, meant the 51-year-old was a greater risk of theft before.

• you agree with the statement of Robin Tam, counsel for the Minister of the Interior, if leaking Qatada bail, "whether resources should be diverted [Olympics] to find or find even given a lower priority should be the case. "

through Qatada, Edward Fitzgerald argued that the cleric, who spent nearly seven years in prison, he was entitled to be released on bail because there was no possibility of his imminent expulsion and flight risk, he was not increased. Fitzgerald said it was "inevitable" that the case could continue beyond mid to late November, when Mitting said was likely to decide on an appeal against the expulsion, the two parties can appeal s if they lost. The possibility of returning Qatada European courts if the judgment goes against him.

Mitting expressed frustration with the pace of the case, recognizing that the cleric had been in prison for a "special" time

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