A court in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, has sentenced a man to life imprisonment for forcing a woman to convert to Islam and marry him under false pretenses. The verdict, based on the state’s new anti-conversion law, marks the first life sentence awarded under the amended legislation.
Anjem Choudary, a notorious radical Islamist preacher in the UK, has been sentenced to life in prison for directing a terrorist group. He will serve at least 28 years behind bars and may never be released. Choudary has been linked to at least 21 terrorist plots and inspired individuals to join groups like ISIS. He was convicted for his online lectures promoting violence and recruiting terrorists.
Antony Abreu, a convicted drug trafficker, has been found guilty of the 2019 murder of Xin “Chris” Gu in Queens. Abreu acted as a paid assassin for Gu’s former boss, Qing Ming “Allen” Yu, who ordered the hit after Gu quit his company and took clients with him. Abreu was recruited by accomplice Zhe Zhang to carry out the killing for a payment of a Richard Mille wristwatch worth over $100,000. Abreu faces mandatory life in prison when sentenced. The verdict was the result of a week-and-a-half long trial, during which Abreu testified in his own defense. The jury deliberated for several days before reaching a guilty verdict.
Kaydon Prior, 23, and Jason Curtis, 22, have been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Harrison Tomkins. The pair had stormed into Prior’s ex-girlfriend’s flat in Crawley after hearing she had been out with another man. Prior then leapt onto Tomkins and stabbed him 10 times in the chest, legs and back with a hunting knife in a “brutal and frenzied” attack. Curtis was found to have “played a full part” in the lead-up to the murder by assisting Prior.
