Shayler's fight to clear name after release

Former MI5 officer David Shayler, who was jailed for breaching the Official Secrets Act, has vowed to "fight on" to clear his name when he left jail on early release.

Shayler, who is 37 on Christmas Eve, has been released from Ford open prison, near Arundel, West Sussex.

The ex-spy, who has served less than seven weeks in jail, will spend another seven weeks electronically tagged under the Home Office's home detention curfew scheme. He will have to observe a curfew from 7pm to 7am.

Civil rights group Liberty, whose director John Wadham is Shayler's solicitor, issued a short statement in which the former MI5 officer vowed to "fight on."

"My conviction and imprisonment violated both my right to a fair trial and my right of freedom of expression and I intend to fight on," Shayler said in the statement.