Handless London imam testifies in own defence at U.S. trial


  • World
  • Thursday, 08 May 2014

Islamist cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri is seen in this courtroom sketch standing with his lawyer Jeremy Schneider where he pleaded not guilty to criminal charges in U.S. District Court in Manhattan, October 9, 2012, after he was extradited from the U.K. last week to face terrorism charges in the U.S. REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg

NEW YORK (Reuters) - London imam Abu Hamza al-Masri took the stand on Wednesday in his U.S. terror trial, denying he had ever aided al Qaeda or other militant groups.

"Did you ever give material support for terrorism?" his defence lawyer, Joshua Dratel, asked him at the start of his testimony in New York.

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