Britain frees Libyan terror suspect

A LIBYAN detained for 16 months as a suspected terrorist was ordered to be freed yesterday after a British Home Office appeal was rejected.

The 37-year-old man known only as M had been held under controversial anti-terrorism laws at the maximum security Belmarsh prison in South-East London.

His release came after Home Secretary David Blunkett lost a challenge at the Court of Appeal to a ruling by the Special Immigration Appeals Commission that the detention without charge or trial was unjustified.