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A member of the gang that kidnapped and murdered British aid worker Margaret Hassan has been jailed for life. | A member of the gang that kidnapped and murdered British aid worker Margaret Hassan has been jailed for life. |
Mrs Hassan, 59, director of Care International in Iraq, was kidnapped as she made her way to work in Baghdad in October 2004. | |
Dublin-born Mrs Hassan - an Irish, UK and Iraqi citizen - was shot dead weeks later. Her body has never been found. | |
Ali Lutfi Jassar was convicted of her murder and abduction at the Central Criminal Court in Baghdad. | Ali Lutfi Jassar was convicted of her murder and abduction at the Central Criminal Court in Baghdad. |
Mrs Hassan was married to an Iraqi and had lived there for 30 years. | |
After her kidnap, she was shown on a video pleading for her life and calling on then-British Prime Minister Tony Blair to withdraw troops from Iraq. | After her kidnap, she was shown on a video pleading for her life and calling on then-British Prime Minister Tony Blair to withdraw troops from Iraq. |
The aid worker's sister, Deirdre Fitzsimons, said before Jaffar's trial that she hoped he would reveal the location of Mrs Hassan's body. | |
"If he's put in prison, if he knows he's got a life sentence, maybe he will decide to tell us where her remains are," she said. | |
"We would like her to be buried [in the UK] because my family has suffered over the past four-and-a-half years." | |
Mustafa Mohammed Salman al-Jabouri was given a life sentence by a Baghdad court in June 2006 after being convicted of aiding and abetting the kidnappers. | |
His sentence was later reduced on appeal. |