Gitmo detainee living here was held for five years despite posing no threat

A FORMER prisoner at Guantanamo Bay, who was allowed to leave for Ireland in 2009, was forced to spend five years in captivity even after interrogators decided he had little to offer in terms of military intelligence.

Oybek Jamaludinovich Jabbarov was one of two prisoners released in 2009 after a deal between the Irish and American governments. This allowed him to move to Ireland and reunite with his wife and sons from Uzbekistan.

When he was arrested the former shepherd was travelling to Pakistan in a truck owned by a local warlord. He took a lift in search of employment while his pregnant wife and sons were living in a refugee camp in Afghanistan.