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| Abu Hamza's car scam sons jailed | |
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| Three sons of jailed cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri have been jailed for their part in a £1m luxury car scam. | Three sons of jailed cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri have been jailed for their part in a £1m luxury car scam. |
| His sons Hamza Kamel, 22, and Mohamed Mostafa, 27, both from Acton in west London, ran the two-year fraud with his stepson Mohssin Ghailam, 28. | His sons Hamza Kamel, 22, and Mohamed Mostafa, 27, both from Acton in west London, ran the two-year fraud with his stepson Mohssin Ghailam, 28. |
| Southwark Crown Court heard they targeted cars in long-stay car parks, fraudulently obtaining their log books and keys before selling the cars on. | Southwark Crown Court heard they targeted cars in long-stay car parks, fraudulently obtaining their log books and keys before selling the cars on. |
| The jail terms range from two to four years. | |
| Serious criminality | |
| Judge Gregory Stone QC, sentencing seven men for their involvement in the case, said it involved "serious criminality" and he had no alternative but to jail them all. | |
| He said Kamel had pleaded guilty to counts of dishonest handling of stolen cars and money laundering, and would go to prison for two and a half years. | |
| Mostafa had pleaded guilty to two counts of fraud, which involved the use of a false French passport and a utility bill, and would go to prison for two years. | |
| Ghailam, from Shepherds Bush, west London, had pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud and was described as a "key player". He was jailed for four years. |