Life for Kadir

Former parliamentarian Abdul Kadir, who was found guilty of plotting to blow up fuel tanks at the John F Kennedy Airport, was yesterday sentenced to life imprisonment in a New York Court by Judge Dora Irizarry.

Kadir’s sentence came after his lawyers sought to sway the judge to give him a lighter penalty and they submitted a number of letters attesting to his good character, including a statement from Guyana’s main opposition PNCR