Hook-handed cleric Abu Hamza is cheating his way through a prison "hunger strike" by gorging on crisps. The terrorist and his al-Qaeda followers in the High Security Unit in Belmarsh have refused to eat prison food all week. They took objection to a strip search on an inmate and have refused cooked food from kitchen staff since. But the protesters have been eating food from the prison shop and scoffing snacks during meetings with solicitors. Hamza was spotted eating crisps and chocolate in his cell after calling on the Muslims Boys Gang to go on a hunger strike.
The weak-willed backlash came after a Muslim prisoner objected to a strip search along with two other inmates. All three lashed out and were placed in the segregation unit. The officer who tried to search them received death threats and was moved to a new job.
A source said: "It is almost funny. They have been refusing food from the hot plate, but are still snacking on everything else. "Hamza has been sneaking crisps and chocolate into his cell." A Ministry of Justice spokes man said: "Prisoners in Belmarsh are not on hunger strike."