Prisoner Given Extra Jail Time for Threatening to Kill UK Lawmaker

Prisoner Given Extra Jail Time for Threatening to Kill UK Lawmaker
Labour MP Jess Phillips in an undated file photo. PA
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A prisoner has had his jail sentence extended by five years for sending a letter from his cell threatening to kill a member of the British Parliament.

Rakeem Malik, 54, a Muslim convert who was born Paul Anthony Harrison, was sentenced at Birmingham Crown Court on Monday for threatening to kill Labour MP Jess Phillips.