FOXNews.com: UK judge denies bail to radical preacher

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UK judge denies bail to radical preacher May 28th 2012, 17:32 LONDON –  A British immigration judge on Monday denied bail to Abu Qatada, saying he could not risk having the radical cleric on the streets during the London Olympics. Abu Qatada is being held in a high-security prison while he fights deportation to Jordan over terror charges. Both the British and Jordanian governments want Abu Qatada to stand trial in Jordan, but he claims he will be tortured if he is deported. Abu Qatada lost his bid to make a final appeal of a deportation order to the European Court of Human Rights, but his lawyers had applied to release him on bail because deportation proceedings could still take several months. Judge John Mitting said Monday afternoon that having Abu Qatada free on London's streets would be "exceptionally problematic" at a time of heightened security around the Olympics, which take place from July 27 to Aug. 12 in London. Mitting ruled that the cleric will remain in prison without bail ahead of his deportation appeal.

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