ONE of the last members of the left-wing Red Army Faction (RAF) that terrorised Germany in the 1970s and is still in prison will walk free in January after 26 years behind bars, a Stuttgart court ruled.

The former leader of Germany’s terrorist Red Army Faction group will be freed from prison in January after serving the minimum 26 years of a life sentence for multiple murders, a German court ruled today.

A German court today approved parole for one of the last jailed members of the Red Army Faction in a case that has helped revive painful memories of the left-wing terrorist group’s 1970s heyday.

A German court is today expected to decide whether to parole one of the last jailed members of the Red Army Faction – a case that has helped revive painful memories of the left-wing terrorist group’s 1970s heyday.