(14 Nov 2010) SHOTLIST
14 November 2010
1. Wide of building where Omar Bakri was arrested
2. Mid of Bakri's house
3. Bakri's relatives outside his house
4. Various of Bakri's car
5. Close of number plate
6. Various of building where Bakri's place of residence is located
12 November 2010
7. Wide of Omar Bakri talking to journalists inside his home
8. Various of Bakri talking on mobile phone
9. Cutaway cameraman
10. Mid of Bakri during an interview
STORYLINE
A radical Muslim cleric was arrested on Sunday at his home in Tripoli, northern Lebanon two days after a military court sentenced him in absentia to life in prison in a terrorism trial, according to reports.
Omar Bakri Mohammed was taken into custody without a struggle, police and security officials said. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they are not authorised to speak publicly.
Mohammed, who holds Syrian and Lebanese citizenship, lived in Britain for 20 years where he headed the now-disbanded radical Islamist group al-Muhajiroun.
He left Britain for Lebanon in 2005 and the British government barred him from returning.
Lebanese officials said Bakri was among 54 people sentenced on Friday in trials of militants who fought deadly clashes with the Lebanese army in 2007.
Bakri was convicted of 'belonging to an armed group with the aim of carrying out terrorist acts and plotting to kill Lebanese soldiers.'
Judicial officials said Bakri was sentenced to life because of his failure to show up for his trial, but Bakri has insisted he never received a summons.
In a telephone interview with The Associated Press on Friday, he said the charges were "lies and fabrications."
Bakri also said his lawyer informed him he had 15 days to turn himself in and appeal the ruling.
It was not immediately clear why authorities did not arrest Bakri earlier.
He appears often on Lebanese TV stations as a guest on political talk shows and does not live in hiding.
Bakri became a focus of British attention after he said he would not inform the police if he knew Muslims were planning attacks such as the July 7, 2005, bombings in London that killed 56 people.
The cleric, who also has been criticised in Britain for his fiery sermons, said his Muslim faith prevented him from reporting fellow Muslims to the British police.
Britain later said it had barred Bakri from returning because his presence was not "conducive to public good."

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