A court in the Kenyan coastal
city of Mombasa on Wednesday sentenced British national Jermain
Grant, who authorities say is an Islamist extremist who plotted
attacks against the country, to nine years in prison for
attempting to illegally acquire Kenyan identification documents,
the Associated Press reported.
Justice Martin Muya said the prosecution has proved that
Grant had attempted to illegally acquire a birth certificate, a
Kenyan identification card and a primary school leaving
certificate. The high court found Grant guilty after
the prosecution appealed a previous acquittal.
Authorities believe Grant was part of a cell with another
British national, Samantha Lewthwaite, that was planning
attacks over Christmas 2012. Lewthwaite is the widow of
Jermain Lindsay, one of the bombers who took part in the July
7 2005 attack on London that killed 52 people.
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