RADICAL cleric Abu Hamza was expected to be flown out of Britain on a US military jet last night alongside four other terror suspects after High Court judges rejected last-ditch challenges against their extradition.
RADICAL cleric Abu Hamza was expected to be flown out of Britain on a US military jet last night alongside four other terror suspects after High Court judges rejected last-ditch challenges against their extradition.
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HELEN McARDLE
A cavalcade of police vehicles, including armoured vans, arrived at HMP Long Lartin in Worcestershire at 6.30pm yesterday to transport the prisoners to an undisclosed airport in the south of England.
They left under heavy security an hour later and drove off at speed to the airport, where all five men were escorted to jets to be flown to America. It came after Sir John Thomas, president of the Queen's Bench Division, dismissed appeals against their removal from the UK and announced that their "extradition to the United States of America may proceed immediately".
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