‘Psychotic’ 9/11 defendant unfit to stand trial, Guantanamo Bay judge rules

A Guantanamo Bay judge has ruled that a defendant is unfit to stand trial (Alex Brandon/AP)

A military judge at Guantanamo Bay has ruled that a 9/11 defendant is unfit to stand trial after a medical panel found that abuse in CIA custody years earlier had rendered him psychotic.

Guantanamo military commission spokesman Ronald Flesvig confirmed the ruling by Judge Colonel Matthew McCall which means Ramzi bin al-Shibh will not be tried together with his four 9/11 co-defendants, whose case will proceed without him.