Court ordered to reopen Conrad Black conviction

A US appeals court has been told to look again at the convictions of Conrad Black, the newspaper tycoon jailed for fraud.

The US Supreme Court set aside yesterday the convictions of Black and two ex-colleagues for defrauding shareholders of one-time newspaper publishing giant Hollinger International.

The justices sent the case back to a US appeals court in Chicago, saying they had not used the law correctly. The conviction remains in place, however.