Ex-Guantanamo Bay inmate cleared of all terror charges

Former Guantanamo Bay detainee Moazzam Begg has been dramatically released after being cleared of a string of terrorist offences linked to the civil war in Syria.

The 45-year-old was formally acquitted just days before his trial was due to start at the Old Bailey after “new material” emerged undermining the prosecution case.

Begg, who suffers from post-traumatic stress, has already spent seven months in custody in the high-security Belmarsh.