US lawyer given 28 months for aiding terrorism

NEW YORK - A New York attorney convicted of aiding terrorism by helping a client smuggle messages to militant followers was sentenced to 28 months in prison today, CNN reported.

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.

- REUTERS