a british man has pleaded guilty in new york to plotting to set up a terrorist training camp in the us with hook handed extremist abu hamza paranoid schizophrenic haroon aswat, from dewsbury, west yorkshire, admitted supporting terrorism and conspiracy and could face up to 20 years in jail prosecutors say he and hamza conspired to create a terrorist training camp in bly, oregon, 15 years ago haroon aswat (right) , from dewsbury, west yorkshire, has pleaded guilty in new york to plotting to set up a terrorist training camp in the us with hook handed extremist abu hamza (left) hamza, 56, previously of north london, was jailed for life in january for supporting terrorist organisations aswat, who is thought to be 40, was arrested in 2005 in zambia and later flown to the uk he fought extradition for several years and was held at broadmoor hospital before being sent to the us last october in january the european court of human rights dismissed a case he brought against the british government arguing that his extradition rested on inadequate assurances from us officials about his treatment his lawyers claimed that it had breached article 3 (prohibition of inhuman or degrading treatment) of the european convention on human rights (echr) prosecutors say aswat (background) and hamza conspired to create a terrorist training camp in bly, oregon, 15 years ago  in their ruling at the time, echr judges said: 'in light of the specific assurances and additional information received from the united states government, and the careful examination of the case by the high court in the united kingdom, the court found that it could not be said that there was a real risk that mr aswat would be subjected to treatment contrary to article 3 if extradited 'the court therefore considered his complaint to be manifestly ill founded pursuant to article 35 of the convention and declared the application inadmissible' aswat's lawyers told the court yesterday that he has been treated for mental illness he will be sentenced on july 31
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haroon aswat, 40, pleaded guilty to supporting terrorism and conspiracy  paranoid schizophrenic from west yorkshire could face 20 years in jail  prosecutors say he and abu hamza tried to create a terror camp in oregon  hamza was jailed for life in january for supporting terrorist organisations 