A New York lawyer convicted of aiding terrorism by helping a client smuggle messages to militant followers was sentenced to 28 months in prison today.
Lynne Stewart (67) was convicted in February 2005 of helping her imprisoned client, Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman, to contact the Islamic Group - listed by the US government as a terrorist organisation - with messages prosecutors said could have ignited violence in Egypt.
She is the only US lawyer to be indicted on terrorism charges.
