
Radical preacher Abu Qatada has been cleared of terror charges in Jordan and is expected to be released from prison there today.
Qatada was deported from the UK last year following a long-running battle by the Home Office which cost millions of pounds.
The Palestinian-Jordanian preacher was once referred to as "Osama Bin Laden's right-hand man in Europe" by a Spanish judge.
He was facing charges over the so-called "millennium plot" to target Americans and Israelis during New Year celebrations in Jordan.
Sky's Tom Rayner, at the trial in Amman, said Qatada seemed to be expecting the verdict and gave a "wink and a kind of smile" to his family when he stepped into the caged dock.
The Home Office said there was no chance of him returning to the UK.
"Abu Qatada remains subject to a deportation order and a United Nations travel ban. He is not coming back to the UK," said a spokesman.
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