Britain's border controls have been condemned as "non-existent" after it was claimed that the suspected murderer of a policewoman fled the country by disguising himself as a veiled Muslim woman.
Police reportedly believe that Mustaf Jamma, a prime suspect over the fatal shooting of PC Sharon Beshenivsky, used his sister's passport and wore a full niqab to evade checks at Heathrow airport.
Shadow Home Secretary David Davis insisted there should be an urgent inquiry.
At the time of the 26-year-old's apparent escape between Christmas day last year and New Year's day, he was one of the UK's most wanted men and the airport was on high alert in the wake of the July 7 bombing attacks.
But it is thought that staff rarely ask those departing Britain to remove veils in order to make sure their identification is valid.
A BAA Heathrow spokesman told The Times: "Immigration control staff always do a visual check on people coming into the country but only random checks are made with outgoing passengers."
Shadow Home Secretary David Davis insisted an urgent inquiry was needed into the breach. "The idea that under any circumstances you could be let through passport control wearing a veil is barely credible," he said.
"Doing so when an All Persons Bulletin for murder has been issued demonstrates that our borders are not just porous but non-existent."
Detectives have vowed to catch both Jamma, who is thought to be in Somalia, and Piran Ditta Khan, who is also on the run.
Pc Beshenivsky was shot and killed on November 18 last year as she arrived at the scene of a robbery in Bradford city centre on the day of her youngest daughter's fourth birthday.
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This kind of abuse of the veil is definitely going to fuel the fire.
The guy is Muslim (or at least he has a Muslim name), he should know better than to abuse the veil like this. Moreover, he should know better than to flee the country when he is a murder suspect. People tend to associate fleeing with guilt. I'm not saying he committed the murder necessarily, but it sure looks that way. That makes me sound naive. It's just, there have been cases where the majority of the evidence points one way, yet at the end of it, there's one piece of evidence exonerating the defendant. That's not necessarily the case here, it's just...
All veiled women should have their identity checked by a female airport worker entering and leaving every single country in the world, as part of routine.
This kind of stuff never happened until the government said that criminals can rob banks wearing the veil and etc.. Recently something similar happened in toronto where a man wore the Veil and robbed a jewerly store.
All veiled women should have their identity checked by a female airport worker entering and leaving every single country in the world, as part of routine.
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The One Lord, the Lord of the World, is my God Allah.
Dhan Guru Arjan Dev Mahraaj Ji!
Kal Meh Bėḏ Atharbaṇ Hū Nā Kẖuḏā Alhu Bẖa.
In the Dark Age of Kali Yuga, the Atharva Veda became prominent; Allah became the Name of God.
yeh lol i bet the guy is in their custody they jus using this as an excuse for banning the veil & they chattin crap, because i remember when i went through checking at heathrow, we had to wait ages, because they would ask the niqaabis to go into this little booth & a female officer would check whether the photo on the passport was actually the person so this is a lie or jus plain dumbness
Jaa-Ro-Nee-Mo!!!
"they ask you when will the help of Allah (swt) come! Certainly Allah (Swt) help is always near"
well i find this exteremely hard to believe!!
As a niqab wearer myself, i have travelled by air many times and every time i go to check in, i have to remove my veil to show my face - i have asked for a female member of staff to do this. Then after check-in when giong to the gate, checking takes place again and the veil removed again!! so........ how did this person get away with all that???
I've had to show my face to the bank teller when i was withdrawing money and when i opened an account!!
My sister told me about a veiled girl who had to show her face to a bus driver so that she could usse her bus pass!!!!
Yet staff at Heathrow Airport did not ask for the face to be shown!!!! oh dear - what will be the next ploy that will marr the niqab
This wouldn't have happened at all if airport officials had checked the suspect's passport properly.
You obviously did not read the part of your own post where it says the man used his sisters passport, and the airport people did not want to disrespect the veil. You see, there very well might have bee shortage of female workers since I usually do not see many, and I am sure there would be harsh complaints if a male had to do it. Maybe I am wrong, but when I visited the UK, no such veil check happend to someone I was on a plane with because there was no female to check her underneath.
If you wish I can outline the part of your own post which says this:
Police reportedly believe that Mustaf Jamma, a prime suspect over the fatal shooting of PC Sharon Beshenivsky, used his sister's passport and wore a full niqab to evade checks at Heathrow airport.
Last edited by IzakHalevas; 12-21-2006 at 12:12 AM.
It would be nice if there was proof, or even some evidence? Police also reportedly believed that Jean Charles de Menezes was a suicide bomber. They can keep their reported beliefs to themselves. Like this, they end up feeding the hysteria.
Police reportedly believe that Mustaf Jamma, a prime suspect over the fatal shooting of PC Sharon Beshenivsky, used his sister's passport and wore a full niqab to evade checks at Heathrow airport.
believes are irrelevant we need facts not officers speculating and trying to link the infamous veil with a killer on the run
i can believe 3+2 = 9 but that doesn't mean i'm right
fact = 5 untill they come with some concrete evidence to back their claims i will simply see this as another go at the muslim sista's veil
channel4 BBCnews Fivenews all were bombarding me with Somalia Somalia he's from Somalia Somalia Islamic courts oehh oehh watch out Somalia blablablah
not once did i see a report about the Somali Brother who won Gold in Italy
You don't think that the police just 'think up' some explaination, and then just 'believe' it do you? Not that the procedures are infallible, but the police are critical thinkers, and in an investigation they don't state that they 'believe' something, unless they have good evidence and are pretty ****ed sure.
Why would you find this so hard to believe?
You obviously did not read the part of your own post where it says the man used his sisters passport, and the airport people did not want to disrespect the veil. You see, there very well might have bee shortage of female workers since I usually do not see many, and I am sure there would be harsh complaints if a male had to do it. Maybe I am wrong, but when I visited the UK, no such veil check happend to someone I was on a plane with because there was no female to check her underneath.
Why couldn't they ask any female, such as another female passenger to check? It not like passengers don't have eyes.
Why couldn't they ask any female, such as another female passenger to check? It not like passengers don't have eyes.
Because it isn't the responsibility of immigration officials to check the identity of outgoing passengers. It's left to the airline the passenger is boarding with, and they by no means have the extensive powers officials have.
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they jus using this as an excuse for banning the veil & they chattin crap, because i remember when i went through checking at heathrow, we had to wait ages, because they would ask the niqaabis to go into this little booth & a female officer would check whether the photo on the passport was actually the person 
come on that ain't true 
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