London Mosque Attacker Sentenced to 43 Years
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London Mosque Attacker Sentenced to 43 Years
2, 2018
LONDON — A man who drove a van into worshipers near a London mosque, killing one man and injuring a dozen others, was sentenced on Friday to at least 43 years in prison for what a judge said was the result of "malevolent hatred." Judge Bobbie Cheema-Grubb said
that mind of the driver, Darren Osborne, had been "poisoned" by far-right ideas before the June 2017 attack and that he had shown no signs of remorse.
for 43 years, saying "the court has seen no evidence
that the danger you present has lessened." "You attempted to kill at least a dozen people and succeeded in taking the life of a peaceful man you knew nothing about and had never met," the judge said. that She sentenced Mr. Osborne, 48, to life with no chance of parole
The sentencing came a day after a jury convicted Mr. Osborne of murder
and attempted murder, after he drove a rented van into a crowd leaving Evening Prayer, in the Finsbury Park neighborhood of North London.
Mr. Osborne began searching for racist and anti-Muslim material,
and he carried out the attack a few weeks later, on June 19, weeks after Islamic extremists struck the Manchester Arena and London Bridge.
Bystanders who saw the van hitting pedestrians caught Mr. Osborne and restrained him until the police arrived.
" Judge Cheema-Grubb said. that Your mind-set became one of malevolent hatred,
2, 2018
LONDON — A man who drove a van into worshipers near a London mosque, killing one man and injuring a dozen others, was sentenced on Friday to at least 43 years in prison for what a judge said was the result of "malevolent hatred." Judge Bobbie Cheema-Grubb said
that mind of the driver, Darren Osborne, had been "poisoned" by far-right ideas before the June 2017 attack and that he had shown no signs of remorse.
for 43 years, saying "the court has seen no evidence
that the danger you present has lessened." "You attempted to kill at least a dozen people and succeeded in taking the life of a peaceful man you knew nothing about and had never met," the judge said. that She sentenced Mr. Osborne, 48, to life with no chance of parole
The sentencing came a day after a jury convicted Mr. Osborne of murder
and attempted murder, after he drove a rented van into a crowd leaving Evening Prayer, in the Finsbury Park neighborhood of North London.
Mr. Osborne began searching for racist and anti-Muslim material,
and he carried out the attack a few weeks later, on June 19, weeks after Islamic extremists struck the Manchester Arena and London Bridge.
Bystanders who saw the van hitting pedestrians caught Mr. Osborne and restrained him until the police arrived.
" Judge Cheema-Grubb said. that Your mind-set became one of malevolent hatred,