ITV News - Mayor in Hamza Tube storm: "Mayor in Hamza Tube storm
8.24, Tue Oct 31 2006

London mayor Ken Livingstone has caused uproar after saying he was happy for jailed cleric Abu Hamza's son to work on the Tube.

Mohammed Kamel Mostafa, 25, was jailed for three years in Yemen in 1999 for allegedly plotting a bombing campaign.

Mr Livingstone said: 'Has he (Mr Mostafa) broken any law here in Britain? The answer is no and we are happy to have him working for us.'

However he added: 'As he failed to declare these (previous convictions) to the subcontractor they are correct to dismiss him.'

Critics, including those bereaved after the July 7 bombings, expressed anger that Hamza's son should be allowed to work in the London Underground.

Meanwhile, Hamza himself is continuing his appeal against conviction for race hate crimes and soliciting to murder.

Lawyers for the cleric, who is serving a seven-year sentence at Belmarsh prison, are arguing that hate laws do not apply to foreigners killing foreigners.

They claimed that the laws used to convict him only apply to those who incite British citizens to kill."