He was given indefinite leave to stay after marrying a British woman.
It was in 1979 that Abu Hamza arrived in Britain from Egypt. In fact, the case epitomises the 'bad' gene that runs through the Hamza boys. 'His father has a degree of notoriety which has caused him substantial difficulty and he and other members of his family have changed their names as a result,' the barrister explained in mitigation. His barrister said that his client had changed his name to distance himself from his father. He wore his hair in a ponytail and was dressed in a green prison tracksuit when he appeared in court again this week. Tito ibn Sheikh was also jailed for two-and-a-half years in 2009 for being part of a gang which stole 32 luxury cars worth more than £1 million. 'His neck was squeezed so hard he thought his tongue would pop out,' is how the prosecution described a particularly brutal aspect of his three-day ordeal. The victim was knifed, battered with a metal bar and wooden cosh and nearly strangled to death. The money laundering scheme involved opening bank accounts with false identities - with the help of a corrupt HSBC official - to 'wash' £342,000 of 'dirty money' made through thefts and fraud.Īt the time, Tito ibn Sheikh was on licence following his release from a 12-year prison term for leading a gang who kidnapped a man and tortured him over a £15,000 debt almost a decade ago. This is the real scandal behind the latest conviction of 35-year-old Tito ibn Sheikh. In 1979 he arrived in Britain from Egypt and was given indefinite leave to stay after marrying a British woman Tito ibn Sheikh, as he is now, is one of Abu Hamza's six sons.įour of them have criminal convictions for offences including terrorism, armed robbery, drug dealing, fraud and burglary, and the remaining two have a track record of Islamic extremism.Įvery one of them, in other words, has been a blight on this country.īetween them - and a seventh stepbrother - they have collectively chalked up 40 years in British jails and, along with Abu Hamza, have cost the British taxpayer millions in legal aid, benefits, healthcare and prison stays.Ĭould there be a more toxic family anywhere in the country, or anyone who has exploited the system more ruthlessly than the Hamzas? His father - the so-called 'venerable man' - is Abu Hamza, the infamous 'hook-handed' cleric of Finsbury Park mosque who is now serving life without the possibility of parole in the U.S. This could not be a less appropriate title in the circumstances. Career crook Tito ibn Sheikh, pictured, appeared in the dock at Southwark Crown Court this week
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