Terrorist suspects in the UK who try to flee the country or refuse to hand over their passports will face imprisonment under new measures. The move comes on the back of claims that the pre-charge bail system is failing, following controversy over terrorism suspect Abu Rumaysah, who was alleged to have appeared in an ISIS propaganda video, but was able to leave the UK in 2014, despite being on bail and having been arrested six times. He subsequently travelled with his family to France and then onto Syria. Rumaysah – born a Hindu named Siddhartha Dhar – was able to leave the country in 2014 despite being on bail and having been arrested six times. Under a proposed amendment by Labour MP Keith Vaz, those suspected terrorists would be held for up to three days before they are brought before magistrates – potentially allowing them to avoid going through the normal judicial This tough new criminal offence will help stop suspected terrorists from fleeing the UK to join Daesh [Isis].”
Terrorist suspects in the UK who try to flee the country or refuse to hand over their passports will face imprisonment under new measures. The move comes on the back of claims that the pre-charge bail system is failing, following controversy over terrorism suspect Abu Rumaysah, who was alleged to have appeared in an ISIS propaganda video, but was able to leave the UK in 2014, despite being on bail and having been arrested six times. He subsequently travelled with his family to France and then onto Syria. Under a proposed amendment by Labour MP Keith Vaz, those suspected terrorists would be held for up to three days before they are brought before magistrates – potentially allowing them to avoid going through the normal judicial This tough new criminal offence will help stop suspected terrorists from fleeing the UK to join Daesh [Isis].”