Kamel Bourgass
Kamel Bourgass is one of the names used by a North African who was staying illegally in the United Kingdom, who was convicted of killing Stephen Oake, a police officer who was trying to arrest him.[1] Bourgass was arrested in 2002, and convicted in 2005. UK authorities remained uncertain over Bourgass's real name as late as 2010.[2]
Bourgass's arrest came shortly before Parliamentary elections, and became an issue during the election.[1] The opposition argued that the Bourgass case should UK law enforcement officials were unable to know who was in the country illegally. Scholars describe his arrest as triggering new security measures imposed on non-citizens.
Bourgass grabbed a kitchen knife when law enforcement officials came to arrest him, injuring four officers.[3] Oake died the other three survived.
An issue that stirred controversy, during his trial, was that approximately 50,000 pounds was spent to pay his public defenders, and this was comparable to the amount of compensation offered to Oake's family for his death in the line of duty.
As he served his sentence prison authorities placed Bourgass in solitary confinement, for over seven years.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Tobias Kelly (2008). "Documents, Security and Suspicion: the social production of ignorance". The Social Life of Anti-Terrorism Laws. p. 109, 112, 113, 116, 117, 122, 125. https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.12657/22750/1007412.pdf?sequence=1#page=110. Retrieved 2022-07-01.
- ↑ Lawrence Archer; Lee Archer; Fiona Bawdon; Michael Mansfield (2010). Ricin!: The Inside Story of the Terror Plot That Never Was. Pluto Press. ISBN 9780745329284. https://books.google.ca/books/about/Ricin.html?id=ZGAsAQAAMAAJ&redir_esc=y. Retrieved 2022-07-01.
- ↑ Jared Ahmad (2018). The BBC, The 'War on Terror' and the Discursive Construction of Terrorism: Representing al-Qaeda. Springer. ISBN 9783319766089. https://books.google.ca/books?id=tqZWDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA85&lpg=PA85&dq=2003+#v=onepage&q=2003&f=false. Retrieved 2022-07-01.
External links
- The January 5th 2003 Wood Green Ricin Plot, Jared Ahmad
- "Wood+Green+Ricin+Plot"+BBC&source=bl&ots=1aV8ZIMiYj&sig=Tj0njh8cXbqx189ASVVSIzXoj7w&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjbxYiV7dfaAhUYiIMKHfzbA4gQ6AEwBHoECCAQAQ#v=onepage&q=bourgass&f=false The BBC, The 'War on Terror' and the Discursive Construction of Terrorism: Representing al-Qaeda
- Author Jared Ahmad
- Publisher Springer, 2018
- ISBN 9783319766089
- A sledgehammer for a nut The Times
- “Serving the Same Interests: The Wood Green Ricin Plot, Media-State-Terror Relations and the Contemporary ‘Terrorism’ Dispositif”
- 'It is parliament's job to decide on law': Police chief Ian Blair has called for compulsory ID cards
- Terrorists who were segregated for religious bullying win five-year fight over solitary confinement - and taxpayers pick up the £500,000 bill, Daily Mail
- Soft touch justice? Terrorist lifers' solitary confinement ruled 'illegal', Daily Star
- Outrage at cop-killing terrorist's £51k legal aid - the same as family got in compensation, The Express (UK)
- Anger at stab hero's £52,000 compensation, Manchester Evening News
- Al-Qaeda terrorist who murdered cop given same cash in legal aid as family got in compensation, The Mirror (UK)
- This trial was not a success. It's a disaster, The Telegraph
- The ricin ring that never was, The Guardian (UK)
- Mystery still surrounds killer, BBC News
- "kamel+bourgass"+Afghanistan&source=bl&ots=p96dSkLNnu&sig=xoGPRdTFIAjZ7ZBVQInFlcpRJdU&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiW8pXP_dfaAhWEEXwKHdTSAqwQ6AEwBXoECF4QAQ#v=onepage&q="kamel%20bourgass"%20Afghanistan&f=false Terrorism, Elections, and Democracy: Political Campaigns in the United States, Great Britain, and Russia
- Authors S. Oates, L. Kaid, M. Berry
- Publisher Springer, 2010
- ISBN 9780230102378
