Kamel Bourgass

Kamel Bourgass is an Algerian illegal immigrant to Britain responsible for the murder of PC Stephen Oake. Prior to the killing, Bourgass had attended Al-Muhajiroun meetings, and had reportedly trained with Al-Qaeda. He was also at one time alleged to be part of a terrorist network run by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, but this network was later deemed not to exist.

Wood Green ricin plot and murder of Stephen Oake
In 2002, Bourgass was identified as a suspect in the Wood Green ricin plot, an alleged bioterrorism plot to attack the London Underground with ricin. After the arrests of several other suspects, a suspect was identified in a flat in Crumpsall, and several police officers, including Stephen Oake, were dispatched. Inside the flat, they found three men, including Bourgass, but did not recognise Bourgass and did not handcuff him. However, Bourgass believed he had been recognised and attempted to run away, punching one of the officers and picking up a knife. Oake attempted to restrain him, but was stabbed eight times in the torso. Bourgass also stabbed three other officers non-fatally before being subdued.

Convictions
In June 2004, Bourgass was found guilty of the murder of Stephen Oake, the attempted murder of two police officers and the wounding of a third and was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 22 years, plus an extra 15 years for attempted murder and wounding. He was later convicted of conspiracy in relation to the plot, the only suspect who was convicted over it, and sentenced to 17 years.

Imprisonment
Bourgass was initially sent to serve his sentence in Frankland prison, Durham, but was later moved to Wakefield prison after several inmates set his cell on fire. In 2009, he was reported to have been planning a bioterrorist attack from prison. He was later moved to solitary confinement after allegations that he was bullying other Muslim prisoners and had organised a brutal attack on a fellow inmate. Bourgass launched a human rights appeal against this, but the British High Court rejected it in 2011. He later won a second appeal to the British Supreme Court, and was returned to the general prison population.