Bail agreed for radical cleric

Bail conditions have been agreed for radical cleric Abu Qatada, Britain’s judiciary said, signalling his imminent release from an English prison.

The 51-year-old extremist preacher, whom officials have called a leading al-Qaida figure, was expected to be freed from jail last night.

The cleric has spent more than six years in prison fighting deportation, but a tribunal ruled last week he should be released on bail.