UK spies won't face torture charges

No British spies will be charged over their alleged complicity in the torture of two terror suspects but a new investigation will be held into allegations of rendition in Libya, the top prosecutor in England and Wales said today.

UK spies won't face torture charges

No British spies will be charged over their alleged complicity in the torture of two terror suspects but a new investigation will be held into allegations of rendition in Libya, the top prosecutor in England and Wales said today.

MI5 and MI6 agents will not face charges over the ill-treatment and torture of UK resident Binyam Mohamed in Pakistan and another detainee at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, Director of Public Prosecutions Keir Starmer QC said.

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