It also fits his father, robin c Reid was the only son of an english mother and a jamaican father who divorced in 1984 His father spent most of reid’s childhood in prison Reid himself dropped out of school in 1989, and within a year he had been arrested for a mugging. But if richard reid had grand ambitions in international terrorism, it was in stark contrast to the routine of his life in britain where, until last week, he was very much his father's son, following a life of minor crime and a conversion to islam, a faith that provided a new identity and a new name, abdel rahim. Reid's father colvin was in prison for stealing a car when richard was born, and the younger reid dropped out of school at age 16 to become a petty criminal like his father.
Background on december 22, 2001 Richard was born in 1973 to a working class famil in bromley, britain Richard's father, who is a second generation immigrant from jamaica, was a career criminal who was frequent y in and out of jail As a mixed race child, and as a young man, richard couldn't find his place in society and perfo Reid’s father, robin reid, was a career criminal who was imprisoned for much of richard’s childhood This unstable upbringing may have contributed to reid’s later radicalization and desire for extremist ideologies.
In an interview published today, robin reid discussed his relationship with his son, saying he had counseled him to convert to islam, a course he himself had embarked on in prison as a comfort.
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