Hate preacher Anjem Choudary appeals over life sentence that could see him die in prison

Choudary, 57, who radicalised Islamist extremists including the killers of worker Lee Rigby, was jailed for a minimum of 28 years successful July for secretly moving a banned panic group

Hate preacher Anjem Choudary is appealing against the beingness condemnation which could spot him dice successful prison.

Choudary, 57, who radicalised Islamist extremists, including the killers of worker Lee Rigby, was jailed for a minimum of 28 years successful July for secretly moving a banned panic group. He has lodged an entreaty astatine the High Court to effort to quash the condemnation and conviction.

His latest ineligible conflict could past years and scope the European Court of Human Rights. Choudary, of Ilford, East London, was convicted of directing Al-Muhajiroun (ALM), banned successful 2006. Woolwich crown tribunal heard helium gave online lectures to the Islamic Thinkers Society, the US subdivision of ALM, which was trying to enlistee successful North America.

The tribunal was told Choudary began moving with ITS aft being released from a five-and-a-half-year jailhouse condemnation for inviting enactment for Islamic State. At his sentencing successful the ITS case, Mr Justice Mark Wall said Choudary was “front and centre successful moving a panic organisation”. The grounds for Choudary’s entreaty person not been revealed.

But his erstwhile bodyguard Abu Izzadeen, who was jailed for four-and a-half years for inciting coercion successful 2008, said Choudary believed his condemnation “was astronomically high”. Izzadeen, who was calved Trevor Brooks, told the Mail connected Sunday: “I cognize radical successful situation who person done treble execution and got little than. They sentenced him based connected his persona successful the media.”

Choudary had been a starring subordinate of ALM since it began successful precocious 90s. Officially disbanded successful 2004, it survived secretly nether caller names. He took complaint of ALM from 2005 aft its past person Omar Bakri Muhammed fled the UK. Choudary, a lawyer, is accused of ­radicalising a procreation of terrorists done ALM, including Michael Adebolajo, 39, and Michael Adebowale, 33.

The brace beheaded Fusilier Lee Rigby, 25, extracurricular Woolwich Barracks successful 2013. Choudary besides radicalised much than a twelve terrorists who went to Syria to articulation ISIS, including Siddhartha Dhar, 32, who filmed himself shooting a unfortunate dormant successful a propaganda video successful 2016.