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Protester convicted

London: A leader of a demonstration in protest against cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad published in Danish newspapers was on Friday convicted at the Old Bailey central criminal court in London of soliciting murder and inciting racial hatred. Umran Javed (27), of Birmingham, was found guilty on Friday of soliciting murder and stirring up racial hatred during a demonstration outside the Danish embassy in Knightsbridge, west London, in February last year. Police monitoring the demonstration took video footage of the protesters and Javed was arrested later after more than 100 complaints had been made by members of the public. —

© Guardian Newspapers Limited 2007

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