On the eve of his 90th birthday, a Chilean court today granted General Augusto Pinochet freedom on bail from the house arrest ordered yesterday by a judge who indicted the former dictator on tax evasion and corruption charges.

TWO days short of his 90th birthday, General Augusto Pinochet was placed under house arrest at his Santiago mansion yesterday on charges of tax evasion.

Chile’s Supreme Court has stripped former dictator Gen Augusto Pinochet of immunity from prosecution for corruption charges related to his multimillion pound bank accounts overseas.

A CHILEAN court stripped General Augusto Pinochet of immunity from prosecution yesterday in a human rights case involving the killing of more than 100 dissidents.

A Chilean court stripped General Augusto Pinochet of immunity from prosecution today in a human rights case involving the killing of more than 100 dissidents.

General Augusto Pinochet was admitted to hospital for the second time in two weeks today, undergoing what the ex-Chilean dictator’s spokesman said was “apparently just a series of routine medical tests”.

Chile’s Supreme Court has refused to strip General Augusto Pinochet of his immunity from prosecution, blocking yet another attempt to try him for alleged human rights abuses during his dictatorship.

CHILE’S Supreme Court opened hearings yesterday on whether to uphold the indictment and house arrest of General Augusto Pinochet on human rights charges, after the former dictator was released from hospital after five days recovering from a stroke.

CHILE’S Supreme Court opened hearings yesterday on whether to uphold the indictment and house arrest of General Augusto Pinochet on human rights charges, after the former dictator was released from hospital after five days recovering from a stroke.

Former Chilean dictator General Augusto Pinochet has been admitted to hospital after suffering a stroke. It comes as an appeals court is determining whether to uphold his indictment and house arrest on human rights charges.

Former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet suffered a stroke, but is in a stable condition at Santiago’s Army Hospital today, hospital officials said.

Chile’s former dictator General Augusto Pinochet is under house arrest after a judge indicted him for the kidnapping of nine dissidents and the killing of one of them during his 1973-1990 military regime.

A Chilean court has agreed to hear a new request to strip former dictator General Augusto Pinochet of his immunity from prosecution and allow him to stand trial for human rights abuses during his regime.

General Augusto Pinochet cannot be tried on human rights charges because of his deteriorating health and mental condition, a divided court ruled yesterday, effectively bringing the 85-year-old former dictator’s legal troubles to an end.

The trial of General Augusto Pinochet for alleged human rights violations has been suspended as the former Chilean dictator is too ill.

Chilean judges have postponed a ruling on the fate of General Pinochet because they could not agree on whether he should be spared trial on health grounds.

The head of the secret police under Chile's former military regime has left prison after serving a seven-year sentence for a 1976 assassination in Washington.