Bakri’s was given a life sentence for his alleged role in training Al Qaeda militants at a camp in Tripoli.
He lived in Britain for 20 years, during which time he was leader of the now-outlawed extremist Islamist group al Muhajiroun.
He has called for “all Israelis must be destroyed", made death threats against Sir Paul McCartney for performing in Israel and after the July 7 London bombings said he would not inform police if he knew Muslims were planning more attacks.
The choice of a Hizbollah lawyer is surprising given that Bakri is a Sunni Muslim while the terrorist organisation is followed by Shiite Muslims.
But in an interview this weekend Bakri called on the Hizbollah leader, Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah, to “look at the injustice facing Omar Bakri who backs all resistance (movements) against Israel.”
