"A man who was being hunted for the murder of a policewoman is understood to have
escaped from Britain by disguising himself as
a veiled Muslim woman.
Mustaf Jama, a prime suspect in the
Mustaf Jama, a prime suspect in the
fatal shooting of PC Sharon Beshenivsky,
assumed his sister’s identity
— wearing the niqab and using her passport —
to evade supposedly stringent checks
at Heathrow, according to police sources.
The use of the niqab,
which leaves only a narrow slit for
the eyes, highlights flaws in British airport security.
At the time, Jama was Britain’s
most wanted man, while Heathrow was
on a heightened state of alert after the
7/7 terrorist atrocities in London
five months previously. ".....
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