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Hate cleric Anjem Choudary FAILS in first bid to have terror conviction and 28-year jail term quashed
HATEMONGER Anjem Choudary has failed in his first attempt to have his terror conviction and 28-year jail term quashed.
But the extremist preacher, 58, is continuing his taxpayer-funded fight by battling on for a full court hearing.
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The Criminal Appeal Office said: 'The single judge refused both applications but they have been renewed to go before the full court.'
He now has one last chance to have his appeal considered.
But the decision not to end the process has shocked some experts.
Prof Anthony Glees, from the University of Buckingham, said: 'Choudary clearly remains a highly dangerous terrorist and radicaliser who is now trying to make a monkey of English justice with his latest appeal.
'What the British public see here looks like an unending desire to pander to him, every time he raises a complaint.
"This has got to stop.
'Our courts need to say to tell him 'we're done'.
"Choudary has exploited Islamist separation units, most recently to mentor vile Abedi, they are clearly no longer fit for purpose.'
The Sun revealed in April how the hate cleric used £367,000 in legal aid before his conviction for running a terror group from his London home.
