U.S. authorities allege Aswat -- who suffers from schizophrenia, according to court documents, and is now held in BroadmoorHospital, a high-security psychiatric facility situated 65 kilometers (40 miles) west of London -- was Hamza's co-conspirator.
Other Berkshire recipients include former Wokingham mayor and councillor Annette Drake, who has received a British Empire Medal (BEM) for her public and voluntary service to the community, and Anthony Hopkins, from Sandhurst, associate director of day care services at BroadmoorHospital, who has also been awarded a BEM, for services to nursing.