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Man jailed for aid worker killing | Man jailed for aid worker killing |
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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. | 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. | 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. |
Jassar was arrested by Iraqi and US forces in August last year after contacting the British embassy in Baghdad and attempting to extort money in return for leading them to Mrs Hassan's body. | |
In his communications with embassy officials, he mentioned an intimate detail about the aid worker that only her closest relatives and friends knew. | |
If he knows he's got a life sentence, maybe he will decide to tell us where her remains are Deirdre FitzsimmonsMrs Hassan's sister | |
Mrs Hassan was married to an Iraqi and had lived there for 30 years. | 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. | 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. | "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." | "We would like her to be buried [in the UK] because my family has suffered over the past four-and-a-half years." |
Mrs Hassan's family have previously criticised the UK government for failing to talk to the kidnappers. | |
The Foreign Office confirmed at the time that the kidnappers called her husband Tahseen but said its strategy had been to "minimise" Mrs Hassan's UK links. | |
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. | 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. | His sentence was later reduced on appeal. |