Posted on 08/16/2005 2:40:08 AM PDT by Budgie
LIFE STYLE EXTRA (UK) - Hook-handed cleric Abu Hamza is covered from head to foot in scabs because he has an ailment that makes his skin bleed.
Inmates at top-security Belmarsh prison in south London were already up in arms about the stink Hamza is causing - by refusing to take showers.
Now the Islamic fundamentalist, who used to preach at London's Finsbury Park Mosque, is leaving a trail of "white pellets" behind him as they fall from the scabs.
A prison nurse has apparently been applying ointment but with little success.
A prison insider said today: "Hamza has been skipping showers, probably because of his disability. He stinks, so other prisoners have been complaining about him for a long time.
"I think he had a skin problem before he came to Belmarsh but now it is an epidemic. He has scabs all over his arms, legs and chest. The only part that is OK is his face.
"Wherever he goes, he leaves white pellets. It is very unpleasant for him and everybody else."
Hamza, 47, is in the jail awaiting trial on charges including soliciting murder.
His solicitor Muddassar Arani confirmed that he has a skin condition but refused to identify it. She said: "It is affecting him from head to toe.
"He is bleeding everywhere and when I go to see him on prison visits I can see the blood. It is very off-putting because I don't want to draw attention to it but you can't help but see it.
"He cannot get enough showers either because he has only two hours association time a day and that includes his legal visits.
"He has a disability and does not want to shower in front of other prisoners."
Claims that Hamza has contagious scabies have been denied.
One theory is that he could have psioriasis, which results in flakes falling from crusty red patches on the skin.
Hamza has been in Belmarsh since last May when he was held at the request of the US authorities, who want him extradited to face terrorism charges there.
Since then, he has been charged in the UK with 16 offences including soliciting others to murder non-believers, racial hatred and possessing a document liable to help terrorists.
Hamza will face the charges in July before any decision is made in the US case. The Home Office is also trying to remove his UK citizenship....
Aids??? and who exactly would have sex with doctor creephook?
Yes, it really does sound like psoriasis. Here's a gross story. Someone who works in my building has psoriasis. I don't know who it is, but she leaves the scabs all over the floor in a stall in the bathroom. It is so gross. She must sit on the pot and scratch her arms, legs, wherever she has the lesions, and just let the flakes fall to the floor. What a filthy pig. She and Abu-baby should be locked up in a cell together.
He should try scratching with his REAL hand.
"quarantine", FYI. Mornin' ;-P
MortMan, please don't tell anyone how ignorant I am......I usually get all these "rarely used" words right, but I missed the boat on this one. (I'm going to write quarantine a thousand times). *~*
Leprosy.
But you have to write it 1000 times sitting by yourself in a small, bare room! With a sign on the door! Have a great day, FRiend. ;-P
Warning! This is a high-volume ping list.
LOL! You have a great day too! *~*
it is dried skin. I had a roommate with psoriasis and it was the same. It was sad really. The itching is dreadful. It really isn't filthy but she ought to sweep up the skin.
Everyone on this thread ought to think twice. I never read such hateful posts.
No sympathy for criminals here, but sympathy for the ill. One or two of you could get psoriasis and I doubt you would want to be subject to such hateful comments.
Sounds like syphillis.
Korantine
Soaking in a tub of warm water and a large bottle of apple cider vinegar with do wonders for her psoriasis. Otherwise, she may not be conscious of leaving her scabs on the floor if she's very uncomfortable.
ROTFL! Now THAT'S the way to spell it!
Some Aids patients develop symptons like this.
Let him rot!
Well, he is a filthy bugger..
Even the Union Terrorists are against him. Nobody likes a "scab".
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