British Muslim's lawyer to appeal against death penalty

The lawyer for a British Muslim sentenced to hang for the abduction and murder of US reporter Daniel Pearl today said he was ready for a battle in Pakistan’s appeals courts that could last more than a year.

Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, a former public schoolboy from Wanstead, east London, was yesterday convicted in a heavily guarded court in Hyderabad prison. Three Pakistani accomplices were jailed for life.