LONDON: A UK court on Tuesday found Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) founder not guilty of encouraging terrorism in Karachi from London.
A majority verdict of 10-2 was returned by jurors on the third day of deliberations. The jury was directed to reach a majority decision after failing to reach a unanimous verdict. After nine hours, the jury found Hussain to be not guilty.
He was charged with “encouraging terrorism” in an incendiary speech relayed from the United Kingdom to his followers in Pakistan on Aug 22, 2016. He was arrested and released on bail before charges were filed in 2019, three years after Scotland Yard launched an investigation into speeches made in the UK.
