Kamel Bourgass

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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 showed UK law enforcement officials were unable to know who was in the country illegally.[3] 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.[4] 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. ↑ 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. 
  2. ↑ 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. 
  3. ↑ "'It is parliament's job to decide on law': Police chief Ian Blair has called for compulsory ID cards". The Guardian. 2005-04-20. Archived from the original on 2013-08-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20130829040653/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2005/apr/20/idcards.september11. Retrieved 2022-07-01. "'Sir Ian appears to be unaware of the existence of the Terrorism Act 2000, which deals specifically with the 'acts preparatory to terrorism' and 'very loose-knit conspiracies' ... The legislation covers precisely the circumstances of Bourgass and his fellow defendants - when no act has yet been committed, but is being planned ...'"  mirror
  4. ↑ 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. 

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