Updated: May 10 2021, 7:52 ET HATE preacher Abu Hamza could be one step closer to a return to Britain as he pushes his campaign to be released from a US Supermax jail on "compassionate" grounds. The hook-handed cleric was told he would die behind bars after he was found guilty of 11 kidnapping and terrorism charges in 2015. 7 7 7 Guard towers, manned by armed guards, loom over the prisonCredit: AP:Associated Press The notorious hate preacher masterminded kidnappings and set up a terrorist training camp in the US. But now prison guards have given Hamza's lawyers a copy of his medical records as part of his legal challenge, reports the Mirror.