Hamza appears before New York court

on 06/10/2012 19:48:00

Abu Hamza appeared in a New York court today facing terror charges following his extradition from the UK, but the radical cleric did not enter a plea.

An aircraft carrying the former imam at the Finsbury Park mosque in north London touched down in the United States earlier today after he lost a High Court bid to remain in the UK on Friday.

Hamza arrived in court without the hook he uses as a hand, and complained through his lawyer that he wanted it to be given back.

The brief hearing ended without him entering a plea.