[kirklancaster]

Can this Wurzel Gummidge look-alike continue to have any credibility or support from credible people for much longer?

An 'extraordinary' letter written by Jeremy Corbyn to a court, was instrumental in securing bail for a Muslim conman charged with stealing nearly £1million of life savings from elderly British people to allegedly FUND ISIS.

Corbyn's letter urged the court in May of 2015 calling on magistrates to grant bail to 23-year-old Mohamed Dahir who comes from his Islington North constituency, as he had “roots in the area” and was "unlikely to abscond".

The court was told that Dahir was part of a Muslim gang using elderly people’s cash as a “bank of terror” to pay for would-be jihadists to travel from the UK to fight alongside Islamic State terrorists in Syria and Iraq.

Magistrates granted bail to Dahir and he was able to walk out of court pending the trial.

However, Dahir has now been convicted of posing as a police officer to steal more than £600,000 from elderly people with an average age of 83 as part a £1million phone scam.

"One of the victims of the scam was a 94-year-old man from north west London who handed over his life savings of £130,000 and a 91-year-old man who handed over his £8,000 nest-egg.

The allegations that the money was used to fund terrorism was not heard by the jury and no terrorism charges were brought, although Scotland Yard said in a statement to Express.co.uk: “We uncovered this fraud after a separate terrorist investigation found suspicious payments into a bank account of an individual who is now believed to have travelled to Syria.”

Dahir's barrister Patrick Harte again presented Mr Corbyn's letter to the Old Bailey, applying for bail pending sentencing, saying: “He (Dahir) understands the need to be here. He has been here on every occasion.”

However, this time the letter proved unsuccessful and Dahir remanded in custody when he appeared before Judge Anuja Dhir QC who said there was a risk he may abscond due to his conviction.

Here is the gang:


And here is Dahir and some of the recepients of the conned British pensioners life savings, and the 'friendliest, most helpful 'Uncle' any terrorist could wish for, old Wurzel himself:



http://www.express.co.uk/news/politi...iley-Christmas