Ex-Hamas bodyguard convicted of UK knife assault

Mohammed Alfatih, a former bodyguard to a senior Hamas leader, was convicted by a majority verdict at Birmingham Crown Court for a knife attack on a bailiff last year. Jurors were not initially told of his links to Hamas or an ongoing German investigation regarding an alleged plot against Jewish targets. Alfatih claimed he acted in self-defence and was terrified after his wife's car was clamped and debts were questioned. He now faces sentencing in the UK and is expected to be extradited to Germany afterwards to face further allegations.