Shoe bomber Reid jailed for life in US

SHOE BOMBER Richard Reid was last night jailed for life by a US judge for trying to blow up a transatlantic jetliner with explosives hidden in his shoes.

Reid, 29, claimed he tried to blow up the flight bound from Paris to Miami out of love for Islam, the religion he credits with saving him from a life of drug abuse and poverty.

Reid, a British citizen, admitted he tried to ignite shoe bombs aboard American Airlines Flight 63 on December 22, 2001, three months after the September 11 attacks left many Americans afraid to fly.