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Qatada to be released

6.47PM Mon, 13 Feb 2012

Radical cleric Abu Qatada is to be released from prison on bail today.

A spokeswoman for the Judicial Communications Office confirmed that Qatada's bail conditions were agreed without the need for a further hearing.

Described as Osama bin Laden's right-hand man in Europe, Qatada will be banned from taking his youngest child to school when he is released from prison, sources said today.

Qatada, also known as Omar Othman, was convicted in his absence in Jordan of involvement with terror attacks in 1998 and has featured in hate sermons found on videos in the flat of one of the September 11 bombers.

Since 2001, when fears of the domestic terror threat rose in the aftermath of the attacks, he has challenged, and ultimately thwarted, every attempt by the Government to detain and deport him.

By: Keir Simmons

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