Another Guyanese was given a 15-year jail sentence for his involvement in the plot to blow up the John F. Kennedy International Airport four years ago.
Abdel Nur, 60, was sentenced on Thursday by US District Judge Dora Irizarry in Brooklyn, New York. He had pleaded guilty on the eve of his trial, to one count of providing support to terrorists.
The judge denied a request by Nur’s attorney for him to get a lighter sentence because of his ill health. He is suffering from lung cancer. But the prosecutor said that Nur’s involvement was motivated by revenge because he had been deported from the United States and the views of the US against Muslims.
Another Guyanese, 59-year-old Abdul Kadir, a former member of Guyana’s parliament was sentenced on December 15 to life imprisonment for his role in the plot. He pleaded not guilty and was found guilty after a weeklong trial.
Kareem Ibrahim, 65, a citizen of Trinidad, was granted a separate trial, which is slated for April.
